error while loading shared libraries: libicui18n.so.68

Question

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

Answer 1

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

$ pacman -Syu