Hi hickop,

The libraries were removed from the game package to assure they won't provide conflicts and work with the latest Linux distributions. Please install in your system the libraries mentioned on the product card (https://www.gog.com/game/baldurs_gate_2_enhanced_edition). If you're using Ubuntu or derivative, the command to do that is:

sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libasound2:i386 libasound2-data:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386 libjson-c2:i386 libopenal1:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libssl1.0.0:i386 libexpat1:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386 libxcb1:i386 libxcursor1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxinerama1:i386 libxrandr2:i386 libxrender1:i386 libjson0:i386

Hi redeye_game,

Sorry for the late response.

The problem with libjson libraries is a result of having them replaced with newer versions in Ubuntu 16.10 release.

As a workaround (not confirmed, but should work) I recommend downloading and installing manually these two libraries from Ubuntu official servers, in the given order:

http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/j/json-c/libjson-c2_0.11-4ubuntu2_i386.deb
http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/j/json-c/libjson0_0.11-4ubuntu2_i386.deb

The commands to install these packages are:

sudo dpkg -i libjson-c2_0.11-4ubuntu2_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i libjson0_0.11-4ubuntu2_i386.deb

And, obviously, you also need to install all the libraries listed on the game product page.