ERROR: ld.so: object 'libproxychains.so.3' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored

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When I type the command proxychains chromium on linux terminal

it gives me this error:

ERROR: ld.so: object 'libproxychains.so.3' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored. Opening in existing browser session.

what should I do in order to get rid of this error and make sure that proxychains work properly?

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I've faced the same problem, when trying to run something like :

proxychains ping -c www.google.com

but when trying to run something else like to get my public ip addr :

proxychains curl ifconfig.me

surprisingly it works flawlessly

What i did to fix it was :

  1. First i searched for libproxychains.so.3 location :

    whereis libproxychains.so.3

    Output :

    libproxychains.so: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libproxychains.so.3

  2. Next i took a look at the proxychains script /usr/bin/proxychains :

    sudo cat /usr/bin/proxychains

    Output :

     #!/bin/sh
 echo "ProxyChains-3.1 (http://proxychains.sf.net)"
 if [ $# = 0 ] ; then
     echo " usage:"
     echo "     proxychains <prog> [args]"
     exit
 fi
 export LD_PRELOAD=libproxychains.so.3
 exec "$@"

  3. Edited the script sudo nano /usr/bin/proxychains and changed the export to include the absolute path to libproxychains.so.3:

     export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libproxychains.so.3

    like this :

     #!/bin/sh
 echo "ProxyChains-3.1 (http://proxychains.sf.net)"
 if [ $# = 0 ] ; then
     echo " usage:"
     echo "     proxychains <prog> [args]"
     exit
 fi
 export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libproxychains.so.3
 exec "$@"

Check again, the Error gone.

You can also install proxychains4 that it is better in my opinion (you can use both if you wanted)

to install proxychains4 : sudo apt install proxychains4

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