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[Ubuntu] Cannot start X-server, missing libfreetype.so.6

My computer crashed while trying to install a program. When I started it up again, it did not load to X.

So I logged in and typed:
startx

It then returns:
/usr/bin/X11/X: error while loading shared libraries: libfreetype.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory giving up.

xinit: No such file or directory (errno2): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno3): Server error.

Can someone please help me with this error. I would prefer to repair this somehow rather than having to reinstall the whole OS. Thanks in advance.
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Re: [Ubuntu] Cannot start X-server, missing libfreetype.so.6

After doing some apt-get remove on a few files and an apt-get autoremove I was finally able to get X Server to start.
permalink · 2008-11-22 12:26:44 · Reply to this

kleeman
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 Sounds like you have at least partial file corruption to me. What distro are you using?

You could try reinstalling the missing pieces e.g. for Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install libfreetype6

until you regain a working system but it may be that the only safe method is a reinstall. Usually you can ensure /home is not changed so things are not too severe...
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