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kdegraphics package

symbol lookup error when launching okular

Bug #390200 reported by Bernard François

This bug report was converted into a question: question #74903: sumbol lookup error when launching okular.

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Bug Description

Binary package hint: kdegraphics

I just installed okular in ubuntu 9.04 (under gnome).

When I run it, nothing happens.

When I run it from a terminal, I get the following output:

ber@ubuntu:~$ okular
okular: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libQtDBus.so.4: undefined symbol: _ZN14QObjectPrivate15checkWindowRoleEv

Note that I had a similar issue with the subcommander package yesterday; there the same undefined symbol occurs in the /usr/lib/libQtNetwork.so.4 library.

Note that I used the 'ubuntu-bug' tool to report this bug, and that it automatically suggested to report this bug for the 'kdegraphics' package instead of the 'okular' package.

I seems like there's an incompatibility between the version of Qt in the repositories and some packages using Qt.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: okular 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kdegraphics
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-6-386 i686

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Bernard François (bernardfrancois-gmail) wrote :
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Terence Simpson (tsimpson) wrote :

This is most likely due to you having another third-party install of the Qt4 libraries installed. Can you post the output of the following console commands:

which okular

ldd $(which okular)

Changed in kdegraphics (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Bernard François (bernardfrancois-gmail) wrote :

Here you go... (see attachment).

I don't think I ever installed version of the Qt4 libraries by downloading and installing a .deb or other package, or by compiling from source.

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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

It seems a local Qt installation has crept in somehow:
libQtCore.so.4 => /usr/local/lib/libQtCore.so.4 (0xb7315000)
libQtGui.so.4 => /usr/local/lib/libQtGui.so.4 (0xb6ade000)

There's nothing we can do to fix this bug, but we can turn it into a question so that you can get support. Hope everything works out for you.

Changed in kdegraphics (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
Bernard François (bernardfrancois-gmail)
summary: - sumbol lookup error when launching okular
+ symbol lookup error when launching okular
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mpaq (mipaquet) wrote :

Hi,

Exactly the same bug when trying to load Krusader or Smile....

Reading your explanation I've renamed /usr/local/lib/libQtCore.so.4 as /usr/local/lib/libQtCore.so.4.old
and /usr/local/lib/libQtGui.so.4 as /usr/local/lib/libQtGui.so.4.old
Then I've created new simlinks from /urs/lib in /usr/local/lib for those both files.

From there it's working now.

I've no idea of what bloody install have created those to files in /usr/local/lib.

Best regards

Michel

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Bernard François (bernardfrancois-gmail) wrote :

That's also how I installed it. I also have no idea how those files got there. It only happens very occasionally that I install software without using the package manager.

This bug report got actually converted into a question, which can be found here:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdegraphics/+question/74903

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Bernard François (bernardfrancois-gmail) wrote :

> That's also how I installed it.

I mean, that's how I fixed the problem. It's still morning here... :-)

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