libpangocairo-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: cairo_has_show_text_glyphs error
 

Hi

I am using Debian Squeeze and I wanted to install Gimp 2.8. I installed a lot 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.

How can I resolve this error?

From where did you install gimp 2.8?

Post the output:

My sourc.list file's content at below but I did not install gimp by apt-get:
I downloaded gimp source package and I tried to compile. I install a lot dependency packages for gimp but I can't successfully complete.
I do not know which package is causing the error but I tried to install below packages:

Your sources.list appears to be missing the security repo which is quite an important one - add this to the end of your sources:

I see one .deb package there (from where?), the rest look like source tarballs? If you've installed that lot, then it's possible that the same files which are provided by debian packages have been overwritten - hence you have a broken system. You should try reinstalling all the versions of those packages from the repos using apt-get.

Once you've done that you need to do some more reading before trying to backport software and build debian packages. I would suggest this guide for starters: http://www.debianuserforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=127

Also have a look at backports and try to get the majority of the dependencies from there first: http://backports.debian.org/

you need gtk2, not gtk3

Thanks for reply.
I don't remember I download from where but I am guessing that I download the package from debian packages
:)

I reinstalled all the packages with apt-get and checked the packages' version that same with the package's default version on squeeze but I am getting same error again.

I need to reinstall debian again ?

I have gtk+2 2.20.1-2(I checked with apt-cache policy libgtk2.0 command)

thanks

Did you reinstall libpango1.0-0?

Yes I reinstall the libpango1.0-0 without any problem with apt-get install --reinstall libpango1.0-0 command

Have a look in /usr/local/lib and see if there any libs installed there.

Reinstall all of the cairo stuff you have installed, e.g this will show you everything you have installed which matches the search pattern "cairo".

Yes there are libs in /usr/local/lib but libpangocairo library is in /usr/lib

I have seen two library file in /usr/lib/ directory related with libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 . Probably gives a idea to you.
On the system those packages installed about cairo and pango.I reinstalled the all packages but I am still getting the same error.

What do you have in /usr/local/lib ?

On my system: nothing.

Need more

I dont know why but the problem resolved when I remove files that related with dependent libraries of gimp in /usr/local/lib :)

Before you try again see Knightron's post regarding the GTK version... the newer GTK also depends on newer libc6, etc...

If you really need Gimp 2.8 you might be better off upgrading to the testing branch where you can simply apt-get it from the repositories.

I actually atempted to compile gimp 2.8 in Mepis but failed, and i blamed it on my lack of experience.
If what you say is true, that would perhaps explain why. I did not see this in the dependencies, where did you get this information?

No my mistake, I got my wires crossed somewhere... but had a look into the dependencies a bit more. It looks doable but you would need to backport a lot of libs and dev files from unstable, some of which don't exist at all in squeeze. I would opt for an upgrade to testing or unstable if it's a home desktop (i.e. nothing mission critical). I'm assuming you are doing it the debian way?

i.e.


etc

It fails the build-dep here due to the cdbs version in squeeze, so you'd need to backport that as well... combined with the non existent libs and others which don't meet the requirements seems like a lot of work (you can get libcairo2 and one or two others from squeeze-backports)

If the mepis people haven't done it, there may be a reason why? stevepusser who posts on the debian forums builds packages for mepis and knows pretty much all there is to know about backporting, you might want to ask him.

It's been requested by another member. He is very helpful, but currently there is no gimp 2.8 for Mepis. I have looked into atempting to do it my self, but alas, before it can be done, like you've already said, it would involve backporting so many dependencies first. I consider it a task much to large for my self when i can't even compile frikking glib and gtk right. I've moved on since, but thought i'd offer my 2cents to the op to help them maybe get it right.