nios2-elf-gdb: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.5: cannot open shared object fil - nios2-elf-gdb: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.5: cannot open shared object fil Hi When I try to use "Debug configuration" in eclipse when trying to run my niios application, I get the error message Error creating session nios2-elf-gdb: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory nios2-elf-gdb: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory nios2-elf-gdb: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I do have libncursesw.so.5 but not in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ instead they are placed in /snap/core/10126/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ How do I get them from the /snap/core/10126/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ ? If they should be in /snap/core/10126/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ , should I modify the LD_LIBRARY_PATH ? LD_LIBRARY_PATH does not exist at the moment. Regards Plafrom $ uname -a Linux Frela 5.4.0-52-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 15 10:57:00 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ sudo apt-get install libncurses5 libncurses5:i386 [sudo] password for stefan: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done libncurses5 is already the newest version (6.2-0ubuntu2). libncurses5:i386 is already the newest version (6.2-0ubuntu2). 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 24 not upgraded. /$ sudo find . | grep "libncursesw.so" find: ‘./proc/3388/task/3388/net’: Invalid argument find: ‘./proc/3388/net’: Invalid argument ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.6.2 ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.6 find: ‘./run/user/1000/doc’: Permission denied find: ‘./run/user/1000/gvfs’: Permission denied ./snap/core/10126/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 ./snap/core/10126/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5.9 ./snap/core/10185/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 ./snap/core/10185/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5.9 ./snap/core18/1885/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 ./snap/core18/1885/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5.9 ./snap/core18/1932/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 ./snap/core18/1932/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5.9 $ ls -lsa snap/core/10126/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 feb 19 2016 snap/core/10126/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 -> libncursesw.so.5.9 $ ls -lsa snap/core/10126/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5.9 187 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 191464 feb 19 2016 snap/core/10126/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5.9 Replies: Re: nios2-elf-gdb: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.5: cannot open shared object fil Hi @SThor8 , Hope this message find you well and g ood to know that it is working now, we would be closing the thread. If you have further queries, Please do post a response in the next 15 days. After 15 days, this thread will be transitioned to community support. The community users will be able to help you with your follow-up questions. Warm Regards Replies: Re: nios2-elf-gdb: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.5: cannot open shared object fil I'm using ubuntu 20.04. I ran: sudo apt install -y libncursesw5 Worked like a charm after that.