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When I run rstudio on the command line (Linux Mint) it returns 

rstudio: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5WebKitWidgets.so.5: version `Qt_5' not found (required by rstudio)

In looking up this problem I see the suggestion to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH=... where the ... is filled in with the path to the Qt5 libs. In trying to figure out where that is, my best guess has been /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu which I guessed from looking at 

$ dpkg -L qt5-default 
/.
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/qt5-default
/usr/share/doc/qt5-default/copyright
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qtchooser
/usr/share/doc/qt5-default/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/qt5-default/LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt

Looking at How to fix: [program name] /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version CXXABI_1.3.8' not found (required by [program name]) and /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5: version `Qt_5.7' not found (required by emulator64-x86) made me suspect this choice but adding LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu to /.bashrc didn't fix the problem.

Interestingly, running as root makes RStudio launch.

Addem
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  • How did you install RStudio? The official binaries as provided by RStudio bundle Qt, and RStudio should use those. (You'll want to avoid setting `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` in such a way that RStudio would prefer the system Qt over its own, bundled Qt) – Kevin Ushey Jul 20 '18 at 03:05
  • @KevinUshey I downloaded the latest installer from RStudio's site and installed it with `$ dpkg -i rstudio-1.1.453-i386.deb`. – Addem Jul 20 '18 at 04:20

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