error while loading shared libraries: libsfml-system.so.2.4

I downloaded a game from this link space-logic-adventure

I found this error message when I tried to run it:

pascal@pascal-Lenovo-ideapad-330-15AST:~/Computer/Games/Linux/space-logic-adventure-v1.2-linux-x64$ ./space-logic-adventure
./space-logic-adventure: error while loading shared libraries: libsfml-system.so.2.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Before running it I installed this package:

sudo apt-get install libsfml-dev

1 Answer

For Ubuntu 18.04 LTS you have to install the relevant package with this library

sudo apt-get install libsfml-system2.4

and other similar libraries using

sudo apt-get install libsfml-window2.4 libsfml-graphics2.4 libsfml-audio2.4

or install all of them including development headers by

sudo apt-get install libsfml-dev

On newer Ubuntu versions (starting from 20.04 LTS) you have to download deb-packages from 18.04 LTS repository of such libraries manually by

cd ~/Downloads
wget -c
wget -c
wget -c
wget -c
wget -c
sudo apt-get install ./libsfml*.deb

and then enjoy the game.