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I am using Debian Squeeze and I wanted to install Gimp 2.8. I installed a lot of packages dependencies for Gimp but I could not successfully complete the install of the Gimp package

When installing the Gimp dependent packages, I think I broke a necessary package because now I am getting the following error when I try to start thunar, gedit and more.

symbol lookup error: /usr/local/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: cairo_has_show_text_glyphs

How can I resolve this error?

Braiam
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Mesut Tasci
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You've installed a version of libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 in /usr/local/lib that's incompatible with the version in /usr/lib (probably because they're compiled against different versions of the libraries they depend on).

If you are no longer using the Gnome libraries in /usr/local/lib, remove them. If you're using them for applications that you've installed in /usr/local/bin, either recompile those applications against the library versions in Debian, or move the libraries outside the standard library path and use a shell script like this to launch the Gnome applications in /usr/local/bin:

#!/bin/sh
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/gnome-extra-libraries
exec /usr/local/bin/locally-installed-gnome-application.bin

Move libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 and its companions to /usr/local/lib/gnome-extra-libraries and move /usr/local/bin/locally-installed-gnome-application to /usr/local/bin/locally-installed-gnome-application.bin.

Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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  • I am using xfce4 instead of gnome.I am not sure that I am using gnome libraries.Most of the files in /usr/local/lib related with dependent libraries of gimp. – Mesut Tasci May 28 '12 at 07:55
  • The problem resolved when remove files in /usr/local/lib :) . Thanks. – Mesut Tasci May 28 '12 at 07:56
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If your version of libpango1.0-0 is causing problems, try to switch back to the correct one for squeeze, if possible.

dlocate libpangocairo-1.0.so.0

libpango1.0-0: /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0.2800.3

apt-cache policy libpango1.0-0

libpango1.0-0:
  Installed: 1.28.3-1+squeeze2
  Candidate: 1.28.3-1+squeeze2
  Version table:
     1.30.0-1 0
         50 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian/ testing/main i386 Packages
         50 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages
 *** 1.28.3-1+squeeze2 0
        500 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian/ squeeze/main i386 Packages
        500 http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

What version does apt-cache policy show you for libpango1.0-0?

Try

apt-get install libpango1.0-0/stable

If apt complains about dependencies, try adding them to the command line, as packagename/stable. I don't know if this will work, but it is a reasonable first step.

To backport gimp 2.8 may not be so easy. I suggest you post that as a separate question.

Faheem Mitha
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  • dlocate libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 giving two result(libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 and libpangocairo-1.0.so.0.2800.3). libpango version output is http://pastebin.com/iWfXce5P – Mesut Tasci May 26 '12 at 13:13
  • @mesuutt: Just add the info to your answer. libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 and libpangocairo-1.0.so.0.2800.3 are not packages. Paste the output of dpkg -S libpangocairo-1.0.so.0. It can't correspond to more than one package. You have the squeeze version of libpango1.0-0 installed so that is not itself the problem. Maybe get apt-show-versions to give you a list of installed packages not in stable? You probably don't want to post that - it would be too long. – Faheem Mitha May 26 '12 at 15:14
  • Hang on, I just realised your error message is /usr/local/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0. Why is it looking in /usr/local? Did you compile and install some package locally? – Faheem Mitha May 26 '12 at 15:20
  • I dont know why but dlocate and dpkg -S gives same output.dpkg and dlocate command output – Mesut Tasci May 26 '12 at 15:26
  • I dont know why is it looking in /usr/local, I realize now. What are you mean with compile and install locally ? – Mesut Tasci May 26 '12 at 15:44
  • @mesuutt: Again, just put the output in your question. Are all the packages you installed binary packages from the Debian archives, or did you install some packages from source? This is not recommended if Debian packages are available. – Faheem Mitha May 26 '12 at 16:10
  • @mesuutt: you are misinterpreting the output of dpkg -S and dlocate. The package name is on the left; the file name is on the right. The files in question all belong to libpango1.0-0. – Faheem Mitha May 26 '12 at 16:19
  • same problem on debian 10, solved by apt-get install libpango1.0-0 – Demetry Pascal May 29 '23 at 17:13