libnl.so.2.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory upon start

[Jan Ceuleers]

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> crystal at Crystal:~/OperaDownloads/hostapd-0.6.8/hostapd$ hostapd -v
> hostapd: error while loading shared libraries: libnl.so.2.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Two circumstances in which I have encountered error messages such as 
this (not in relation to hostapd but generally):

- have you tried running ldconfig? (man ldconfig)

- do you have a security framework such as AppArmor on your system? If 
so, and if you can, temporarily disable it in order to eliminate it as 
the possible cause. Otherwise, make sure that hostapd (at the location 
you are invoking it from) is permitted to open the libraries that ldd 
(man ldd) says it needs.

Hope this helps, Jan