Paprefs won't open: libpangomm-1.4.so.1: invalid ELF header [SOLVED]

ibid · 2011-12-27 01:18:56

I'm trying to open paprefs but I get this error:
paprefs: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/libpangomm-1.4.so.1: invalid ELF header

Error appears in xfce and xmonad. Anybody have experience with this?

Last edited by ibid (2011-12-27 05:07:24)

karol · 2011-12-27 01:25:02

Have you tried reinstalling pangomm?

ibid · 2011-12-27 01:38:39

karol wrote:

Have you tried reinstalling pangomm?

I get /usr/include/pangomm-1.4/pangomm/* exists in filesystem

I tried a pacman -Rdc pangomm, but I get the same ...pangomm/* exists in filesystem errors.

Now the current version of pangomm is 2.28.4-1, so I must be out of date. I tried temporarily moving the 1.4 files out to get 2.28 to install, but once that happens I get a similar error for cairomm, which is also out of date.

Now I don't remember seeing anything about these gtk libraries recently, but I think I've got something more serious than a paprefs problem.

I'll dig around a bit more. This is probably the wrong forum now.

ibid · 2011-12-27 01:43:45

ibid wrote:

I'll dig around a bit more. This is probably the wrong forum now.

Or maybe I'll just reinstall cairomm without any trouble and it'll just work. Yep, that's what it took. Sometimes I fear the worst for no reason.

karol · 2011-12-27 01:44:09

I assumed your system is up to date, why it isn't? pangomm was updated 2 months ago.

karol · 2011-12-27 04:48:16

If you consider your issue fixed, please remember to mark the thread as solved.

ibid · 2011-12-27 05:06:21

I'm not sure why pangomm didn't update. My system was current. I run pacman -Syu pretty frequently to catch issues before they are untraceable.

Anyway, solved. Thanks for the reminder.

Arch Linux

#1 2011-12-27 01:18:56

Paprefs won't open: libpangomm-1.4.so.1: invalid ELF header [SOLVED]

#2 2011-12-27 01:25:02

Re: Paprefs won't open: libpangomm-1.4.so.1: invalid ELF header [SOLVED]

#3 2011-12-27 01:38:39

Re: Paprefs won't open: libpangomm-1.4.so.1: invalid ELF header [SOLVED]

#4 2011-12-27 01:43:45

Re: Paprefs won't open: libpangomm-1.4.so.1: invalid ELF header [SOLVED]

#5 2011-12-27 01:44:09

Re: Paprefs won't open: libpangomm-1.4.so.1: invalid ELF header [SOLVED]

#6 2011-12-27 04:48:16

Re: Paprefs won't open: libpangomm-1.4.so.1: invalid ELF header [SOLVED]

#7 2011-12-27 05:06:21

Re: Paprefs won't open: libpangomm-1.4.so.1: invalid ELF header [SOLVED]

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