On 05/04/2023 23:03, Gordon Messmer wrote:
On 2023-04-05 13:07, anthony wrote:
running inkscape --> inkscape: symbol lookup error: /usr/bin/../lib64/inkscape/libinkscape_base.so: undefined symbol: g_string_free_and_steal Consulting Google makes me thinking it is related to glib2 --> installed glib2-devel 2.74.6-1.2
Can you give me a hint on how to get gimp / inkscape working?
I believe that you need at least glib2 2.76: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/3219/diffs
(You don't need the devel package for this.)
The underlying problem is that for libraries that don't provide versioned symbols (most libraries), rpm doesn't currently build dependency information that includes a minor version of the ABI. While that is true, it is not safe to selectively apply updates or to install packages without also fully updating the system. So the safe thing to do is something like "zypper update && zypper install gimp". (I've started work to improve this situation in rpm, but it's not going to be ready soon.)
Thanks, you directed me in the right direction. after installing glib2-2.76.1-1.1.src.rpm both gimp and inkscape are working fine. just remarkable this package was not present or was corrupted. Anthony