Linux Mint 17.1 seems to be based on Ubuntu 14, and the
Ubuntu notes include this setup:
sudo apt-get install libxp6 python-qt4 r-base libpng16 libgsl0-dev tcsh
sudo apt-get update
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgsl.so /usr/lib/libgsl.so.0
The last line is probably what you now need.
- rick
