Arch Linux

pseb

Member

From: Marburg, Germany

Registered: 2007-09-27

Posts: 85

libjpeg error after update?

Hi,
after a rather big update today a lot of apps don't start anymore. I use kdemod3. when trying to start apps like kmail oder akregator, I get following error:

kmail: error while loading shared libraries: libjpeg.so.62: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

background image of my desktop is gone, too. don't know if this is due to the same libjpeg-error.

anyone else having this problem? any ideas for solutions?

thx,
pseb

blowback

Member

From: Japan

Registered: 2008-11-03

Posts: 18

Re: libjpeg error after update?

Hello,

I met same problem too. I use Xfce, xfdesktop and Thunar don't work.
I downgraded libjpeg and related (many) packages to previous version.

Cheers

pseb

Member

From: Marburg, Germany

Registered: 2007-09-27

Posts: 85

Re: libjpeg error after update?

well... things like this do always happen just after I did a pacman -Scc...

broch

Banned

From: L.A. California

Registered: 2006-11-13

Posts: 975

Re: libjpeg error after update?

you can fix this:
downgrade libjpeg, you will also have to downgrade xulrunner otherwise firefox will not work

blowback

Member

From: Japan

Registered: 2008-11-03

Posts: 18

Re: libjpeg error after update?

well... things like this do always happen just after I did a pacman -Scc...

As you may know... get previous version.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Downgrade_packages

pseb

Member

From: Marburg, Germany

Registered: 2007-09-27

Posts: 85

Re: libjpeg error after update?

@blowback: yes, thx. i think i am going to downgrade. though this is in my opinion not really a solution. but still better than my current situation (oh, i have become sooo dependent on my computer...^^)

edit: omg... so many packages to downgrade... I'll wait a little longer...

Last edited by pseb (2009-07-14 15:49:07)

wonder

Developer

From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

Website

Re: libjpeg error after update?

why to downgrade when you can wait mirror to sync properly?
btw blame kdemod guys becase they aren't fast enough

Last edited by wonder (2009-07-14 15:54:26)

---

Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.

Ronin-Sage

Member

Registered: 2008-10-24

Posts: 153

Website

Re: libjpeg error after update?

Same issue, here...everything from midori to entrance is broken. Downgrading is more or less a band-aid of a "solution", because in this case quite a few packages would need to be downgraded, and that's not even taking into consideration dependency issues.

---

::Personal site::

Skripka

Member

From: 2X1280X1024

Registered: 2009-02-19

Posts: 555

Re: libjpeg error after update?

why to downgrade when you can wait mirror to sync properly?
btw blame kdemod guys becase they aren't fast enough

It ain't just KDEMod from what I've been reading here...a great many things seem likely to suffer breakage due to the new libjpeg.

tjwoosta

Member

Registered: 2008-12-18

Posts: 453

Re: libjpeg error after update?

Why did it get added to the repos in the first place if it causes so many problems?  Did they not test it?  Cant it just be removed untll all other packages are ready for it?

Also somebody should put something up about this in the arch news, to prevent more people from having problems.

Last edited by tjwoosta (2009-07-14 17:15:26)

rson451

Member

From: Annapolis, MD USA

Registered: 2007-04-15

Posts: 1,233

Website

Re: libjpeg error after update?

Rebuilds have been going on since June 22.  Not every problem is going to be found.  That's just the nature of the beast.

---

archlinux - please read this and this — twice — then ask questions.
--
http://rsontech.net | http://github.com/rson

nawitus

Member

Registered: 2009-05-11

Posts: 112

Re: libjpeg error after update?

Same here, cannot start up thunar.

farvardin

Member

Registered: 2008-09-03

Posts: 120

Website

Re: libjpeg error after update?

it's not about kdemod, but many other packages (including gtk) are broken because of this missing libjpeg: they should be rebuild with the new version.

It's a recurrent problem on the linux plateform, as soon as there is a new version, the old lib are removed and nothing a working anymore (including old proprietary games, but proprietary games are supposed to be evil aren't they?)

It's quite annoying for people "like us", but I don't even want to think how many newcomers to linux (I'm not talking about archlinux users here) will go back to windows or mac os x when they encounter such problems, which should never happen on a decent operating system.

How could this be fixed for ever? I'm not talking about the Archlinux case, but it should be fixed upstream.

Some solutions:

- The KISS and really dirty way (I don't want to spend more than 1 minute on this kind of stupid problem):

ln -s /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.7.0.0 /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62

In 99% of the case, it's working fine, even if Linux Gurus may advice strongly against this.

- Other more pragmatic solutions would be to keep the old lib among the newer (but it's not a really clean solution either), to test for /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.*** if it can't find the awaited lib, or to keep the old lib in a separate folder (also in the PATH) so people could remove them after a while.

Pierre

Developer

From: Bonn

Registered: 2004-07-05

Posts: 1,964

Website

Re: libjpeg error after update?

All packages in extra should work just fine. Make sure to have the latest versions.

---

3E80 CA1A 8B89 F69C BA57  D98A 76A5 EF90 5444 9A5C

evildrake

Member

Registered: 2009-07-14

Posts: 14

Re: libjpeg error after update?

I have the updated packages, but still can't set a wallapper, nor png or any format. Also, in ehat could be an unrelated issue, gnome-terminal stopped working, with an (app->system_desc!=NULL) Error.

Allan

Pacman

From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

Posts: 11,503

Website

Re: libjpeg error after update?

Packages in [community] may still need a rebuild (see http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/15222 for a list).  Everything in [extra] should work.

---

PGP Key: F99FFE0FEAE999BD | I develop pacman - buy me a drink!

nawitus

Member

Registered: 2009-05-11

Posts: 112

Re: libjpeg error after update?

Hi, a new update fixes the issue with thunar.

davidlondonuk

Member

Registered: 2009-06-24

Posts: 49

Re: libjpeg error after update?

thanks for the replies.

I knew it had to be one of the libs that was updated, really thought the culprit was gtk. Must admit didn't even think of libjpeg-can't see any other solution really till the guys sort jpeg but link to old lib.

Thing is thunar and e2fsprogs update are not working on uk2.net, so will probably wait till it's sorted out.

It must be a lot of hard work keeping the code base upto date etc, I can't complain arch and xfce4 are really good to use.

davidlondonuk

Member

Registered: 2009-06-24

Posts: 49

Re: libjpeg error after update?

Farvardin, I have been using linux for about 7 or 8 years and this sort of libjpeg type problem has happened about three times. Compared to the problems I have experienced on windows it is nothing.

The open source guys still produce a superior system and well- these things happen.

unixNeophyte

Member

Registered: 2008-03-09

Posts: 26

Re: libjpeg error after update?

Thank you  Arch devs  for the broken DE (KDE4 XFCE4) caused by libjpeg7

n8schicht

Member

From: Südbaden

Registered: 2006-12-27

Posts: 138

Website

Re: libjpeg error after update?

How could this be fixed for ever?

I think that this just CANNOT be fixed in a rolling release distro like Arch and others, it just happens from time to time.

In a distribution like Ubuntu (and others that do a bigger upgrade like every 6 or so months) this probably won't happen because the distribution-guys take care that all packages work with each other, and they give you just a selection of (security-)upgrades that won't conflict.

It's just like that, YOU are the one to decide whether you are a rolling release guy (who can deal with problems or live with them) or a fixed release guy (who wants someone to look after you and give you updates in sane, litte doses).

You choose 

---

Mein Blog

whoops

Member

Registered: 2009-03-19

Posts: 891

Re: libjpeg error after update?

Is there a list of the packages that aren't done yet, are important or require a build order or something? I'm almost trough, but still not "glitch-free" (xfce4-panel menu missing)...

Skripka

Member

From: 2X1280X1024

Registered: 2009-02-19

Posts: 555

Re: libjpeg error after update?

Thank you  Arch devs  for the broken DE (KDE4 XFCE4) caused by libjpeg7

Vanilla KDE4 works just fine here after update.  KDEMod is known to have issues, that require package rebuilds-which last I heard won't be posted for a few days-last I heard.

sekaino_ai

Member

Registered: 2009-07-15

Posts: 2

Re: libjpeg error after update?

Quick note:  e17 evas-svn is also affected so this upgrade nuked my e17 as well.  Downgrading is a serious proposition as people have mentioned since many of the new packages depend on the new libjpeg.

This problem happened right after several kernel problems with the 2.6.30 kernel upgrade. Arch has been giving me lots of heartache the past few days, which is unusual.

n8schicht

Member

From: Südbaden

Registered: 2006-12-27

Posts: 138

Website

Re: libjpeg error after update?

KDEmod updated during the night, so this morning everything is looking good again 

---

Mein Blog