Error libGL.so: cannot open shared object file using Android emulator

Question

I was trying to run android emulator in Ubuntu 12.04(64-bit). But, I got the following errors.

Starting emulator for AVD \'emulatr\'
Failed to load libGL.so
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Answer 1

You don't need the development files for libgl1-mesa, so instead you should/could install libgl1-mesa-dri instead of libgl1-mesa-dev as suggested by others. This saves you a couple of MB of unnecessary files.

Furthermore, the Android applications are either 32 bit or 64 bit.

For a or a 32 bit Ubuntu you require the 32 bit SDK (as 64 bit does not work):

sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri

Same goes for a 64-bit Ubuntu with a 64-bit SDK.

But for a 64 bit Ubuntu in combination with a 32 bit SDK, you need to specify that you require the 32 bit version of the package:

sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri:i386