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I am unable to open pdf file using evince on Ubuntu 16.04. I get the following error:

evince: error while loading shared libraries: libexpat.so.1: failed to map segment from shared object

I have the above said library in my system and the LD_LIBRARY_PATH is also directed to it via symbolic link. I also tried re-installing the newest version of expat, but in vain. Could anyone help me out here?

As mentioned in a comment, here is the output of dpkg -S libexpat.so.1:

libexpat1:i386: /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1.6.0

libexpat1:amd64: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1

libexpat1:amd64: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1.6.0

libexpat1:i386: /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1

and following is the output of ldd $(which evince):

linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007ffef43a7000)

libevdocument3.so.4 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libevdocument3.so.4 (0x00007ff373db9000)

libevview3.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libevview3.so.3 (0x00007ff373b63000)

libgtk-3.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0 (0x00007ff373234000)

libgdk-3.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk-3.so.0 (0x00007ff372f59000)

libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0x00007ff372d0d000)

libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0x00007ff372ae8000)

libcairo-gobject.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcairo-gobject.so.2 (0x00007ff3728df000)

libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcairo.so.2 (0x00007ff3725cb000)

libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0x00007ff3723a9000)

libsecret-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsecret-1.so.0 (0x00007ff37215a000)

libgio-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0x00007ff371dd2000)

libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x00007ff371b7f000)

libglib-2.0.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00007ff37186e000)

libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007ff371565000)

libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007ff371348000)

libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007ff370f7e000)

libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x00007ff370d7a000)

libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007ff370b60000)

libgstvideo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstvideo-1.0.so.0 (0x00007ff3708da000)

libgstreamer-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstreamer-1.0.so.0 (0x00007ff3705b0000)

libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0x00007ff3703a3000)

libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0x00007ff370069000)

libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXi.so.6 (0x00007ff36fe59000)

libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXfixes.so.3 (0x00007ff36fc53000)

libatk-bridge-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libatk-bridge-2.0.so.0 (0x00007ff36fa24000)

libepoxy.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libepoxy.so.0 (0x00007ff36f72f000)

libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0x00007ff36f519000)

libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x00007ff36f2d6000)

libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXinerama.so.1 (0x00007ff36f0d3000)

libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrandr.so.2 (0x00007ff36eec8000)

libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXcursor.so.1 (0x00007ff36ecbe000)

libXcomposite.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXcomposite.so.1 (0x00007ff36eabb000)

libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdamage.so.1 (0x00007ff36e8b8000)

libxkbcommon.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxkbcommon.so.0 (0x00007ff36e679000)

libwayland-cursor.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwayland-cursor.so.0 (0x00007ff36e471000)

libwayland-egl.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwayland-egl.so.1 (0x00007ff36e26f000)

libwayland-client.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwayland-client.so.0 (0x00007ff36e060000)

libmirclient.so.9 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmirclient.so.9 (0x00007ff36ddb9000)

libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6 (0x00007ff36dba7000)

librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007ff36d99f000)

libthai.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthai.so.0 (0x00007ff36d796000)

libpixman-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpixman-1.so.0 (0x00007ff36d4ee000)

libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00007ff36d244000)

libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0 (0x00007ff36d01f000)

libxcb-shm.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-shm.so.0 (0x00007ff36ce1b000)

libxcb-render.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-render.so.0 (0x00007ff36cc11000)

libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007ff36c9ef000)

libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrender.so.1 (0x00007ff36c7e5000)

libgcrypt.so.20 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcrypt.so.20 (0x00007ff36c504000)

libselinux.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libselinux.so.1 (0x00007ff36c2e2000)

libresolv.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libresolv.so.2 (0x00007ff36c0c7000)

libffi.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6 (0x00007ff36bebf000)

libpcre.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3 (0x00007ff36bc4f000)

/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007ff374259000)

libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007ff36ba4b000)

libgstbase-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstbase-1.0.so.0 (0x00007ff36b7e7000)

liborc-0.4.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liborc-0.4.so.0 (0x00007ff36b567000)

libatspi.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libatspi.so.0 (0x00007ff36b338000)

libdbus-1.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3 (0x00007ff36b0ec000)

libharfbuzz.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libharfbuzz.so.0 (0x00007ff36ae8e000)

libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1 (0x00007ff374411000)

libmircommon.so.7 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmircommon.so.7 (0x00007ff36ac47000)

libmirprotobuf.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmirprotobuf.so.3 (0x00007ff36a9d5000)

libcapnp-0.5.3.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcapnp-0.5.3.so (0x00007ff36a74d000)

libmircore.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmircore.so.1 (0x00007ff36a544000)

libboost_system.so.1.58.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.58.0 (0x00007ff36a340000)

libprotobuf-lite.so.9 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libprotobuf-lite.so.9 (0x00007ff36a10f000)

libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007ff369d83000)

libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007ff369b6b000)

libdatrie.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdatrie.so.1 (0x00007ff369963000)

libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0x00007ff36975f000)

libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007ff369559000)

libgpg-error.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgpg-error.so.0 (0x00007ff369345000)

libsystemd.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsystemd.so.0 (0x00007ff374387000)

libgraphite2.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgraphite2.so.3 (0x00007ff36911f000)

libboost_filesystem.so.1.58.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_filesystem.so.1.58.0 (0x00007ff368f07000)

libkj-0.5.3.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkj-0.5.3.so (0x00007ff368cde000)

liblzma.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007ff368abc000)

The libexpat.so.1 library should be located in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1 (as you can see in the output of dpkg -S libexpat.so.1 and on packages.ubuntu.com).

Try to remove the libexpat.so.1 from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1 with

sudo rm /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1

and then reinstall its package for sure with

sudo apt-get install --reinstall libexpat1:amd64

and finally check Evince with problematic PDF document.

Note: Usually many files and directories are installed from deb-packages with the help APT (and its utilities - dpkg, apt/apt-get) but in this particular case the /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1 is out of their control, so we need to remove it manually.