Arch Linux

adamemoustaine

Member

Registered: 2024-03-26

Posts: 2

[SOLVED] Zathura not opening files

Hi,

I'm trying to open a PDF file with `zathura`, but it only opens a black screen.

It was working file yesterday, and I never had any issues with it.

I am using `mu-pdf` as the backend.

Here is the output I get:

info: Opening plain database via sqlite backend.
warning: sqlite database already exists. Set your database backend to sqlite
cannot create context: incompatible header (1.23.11) and library (1.24.0) versions
error: could not open document

Not sure what headers they are talking about.

Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

Last edited by adamemoustaine (2024-03-26 22:06:46)

adamemoustaine

Member

Registered: 2024-03-26

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] Zathura not opening files

FIXED:

The header was the package zathura-pdf-mupdf. It was just out of date. When I updated my system, mupdf and libmupdf were both updated to 1.24.0, but not the Zathura header. The update is out now and it's working fine.

To temporarily fix it next time, downgrade both mupdf and libmupdf packages to the version next to "header" in the error (1.23.11 in this case).

Then wait for the update to come out.