'error while loading shared libraries: libicui18n.so.68

I got this error after installing nodejs and npm using pacman

node: error while loading shared libraries: libicui18n.so.68: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I already tried setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to /usr/local/lib/ and that hasn't worked and I also have tried looking for the file everywhere and haven't found it.

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/
find / -iname libicui18n.so.68
node.jsarchlinuxpacman


Solution 1:[1]

I ran into the same issue, but updating the system resolved it for me. Use:

$ pacman -Syu

Solution 2:[2]

libicui18n.so.68 is provided by core/icu package and it is located in /usr/lib

$ pacman -F libicui18n.so
core/icu 65.1-2 [installed: 68.2-1]
usr/lib/libicui18n.so

$ pacman -Qo /usr/lib/libicui18n.so.68
/usr/lib/libicui18n.so.68 is owned by icu 68.2-1

Solution 3:[3]

Check what version of node-js you are using.

Try installing nodejs. If you get a conflict that another nodejs is installed that is probably your issue.

Example:

nodejs and nodejs-lts-dubnium are in conflict. Remove nodejs-lts-dubnium? [y/N] y

Solution 4:[4]

I am new to arch linux however when I try to update package icu it finds conflict for two dependencies. Including them also :

sudo pacman -Sy brltty harfbuzz-icu icu

solved smb service problem and cleanly restarted samba server ... which was giving an error :

/usr/bin/smbd: error while loading shared libraries: libicui18n.so.71: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

icu dep error was :

X@Y ~ $ sudo pacman -S icu
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing icu (71.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=70-64' required by brltty
:: installing icu (71.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=70-64' required by harfbuzz-icu

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Solution 1 odili
Solution 2 slamp
Solution 3 richardec
Solution 4 Gediz GÃœRSU

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