libicui18n.so.55: cannot open shared object file

My libreoffice was fine on Ubuntu 16.04. The problem started after I upgraded to 18.04.

It does not open calc. Running it in command-line:

libreoffice --calc
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libicui18n.so.55: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Trying:

sudo apt install libreoffice-common
sudo apt install libreoffice-core
sudo apt-get install libicu-dev

Does not resolve the problem.

Also:

E: Package 'libicu55' has no installation candidate

tried

sudo apt purge libreoffice
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt install libreoffice

which did not work either.

It is not just about calc but all libreoffice applications.

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1 Answer

Looks like there is a problem with the libreoffice. This is a bug to me. The workaround:

wget
sudo dpkg -i libicu55_55.1-7_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get -f install
rm libicu55_55.1-7_amd64.deb

Then, the problem is resolved.

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