Okay, I need good, strong coffee... I posted this here before checking on Linux Mint forums; I just did it and found the answer to my problems.
Here is the post that contains the solution:
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=1776971#p1776971 and here is the command to use if you have this problem on an Ubuntu based Linux operating system:
sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libasound2:i386 libasound2-data:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386 libxcb1:i386 libxcursor1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxinerama1:i386 libxrandr2:i386 libxrender1:i386 libglu1:i386