Fixing ScanaStudio error while loading shared libraries: libftd2xx.so: cannot open shared object file on Ubuntu

Problem:

You want to start IkaLogic ScanaStudio, but you see the following error message:

./ScanaStudio: error while loading shared libraries: libftd2xx.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Solution:

You need to download the D2XX drivers from the FTDI D2XX drivers page.

Look for your architecture in the columns (usually x64 (64 bit), this is the same as x86_64) and click the link in the Linux row.

This will download a file named something like libftd2xx-x86_64-1.4.8.gz.

Now you can extract the archive using

tar xvf libftd2xx-*

Now we can copy the shared object file to the IkaLogic ScanaStudio directory:

cp release/build/libftd2xx.so.* ~/Ikalogic/ScanaStudio/libftd2xx.so

Now you can start ScanaStudio:

cd ~/Ikalogic/ScanaStudio
./ScanaStudio