How do I fix "ERROR: ld.so: object 'libfakeroot-sysv.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored"?

Question

When I watch the documentation for clang-formatter, on the top of the Man page, I see the following.

CLANG-FORMAT(1)                                             User Commands                                            CLANG-FORMAT(1)

NAME
       clang-format - manual page for clang-format 4.0

DESCRIPTION
       ERROR:  ld.so:  object  'libfakeroot-sysv.so'  from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.
       OVERVIEW: A tool to format C/C++/Java/JavaScript/Objective-C/Protobuf code.

How do I fix the error I see before the Overview part?

ERROR: ld.so: object 'libfakeroot-sysv.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.

If that makes a difference, I am seeing it when I run man clang-formatter on Bash on Ubuntu on Windows.

The output of /usr/bin/env doesn't show any LD_PRELOAD variable, so I am not sure why the command would try to load the libfakeroot-sysv.so dynamic library.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 07 '17 at 17:31

That 'ERROR' line is likely actually written in the manpage itself and is not an issue with your system.

You can verify this by examining the relevant manpage's file under /usr/share/man.

For example, I found this 'ERROR' line under Ubuntu 17.04's modularize-4.0 manpage. To verify that it was actually written there, I ran:

zcat /usr/share/man/man1/modularize-4.0.1.gz | less

How do I fix "ERROR: ld.so: object 'libfakeroot-sysv.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored"?

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