Browser preview doesn't work

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When trying to activate the Browser Preview plugin, I get the following error in the terminal:

[_LOG_LEVEL_WARN 17:32:25.756975] [libpeas] browserpreview: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/scratch/plugins/browser-preview/libbrowserpreview.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[_LOG_LEVEL_WARN 17:32:25.757036] [libpeas] Error loading plugin 'browserpreview'

The correct file name for the .so file is libbrowser-preview.so, instead of libbrowserpreview.so, which Scratch currently tries to load.

[Andrew M (andrewmaccuaig)]

Looks like the file name changed at some point.

Workaround until this is fixed

cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/scratch/plugins/browser-preview/
sudo cp libbrowser-preview.so libbrowserpreview.so

[Janne Lindström (janus-l)]

Another workaround is to open the file brower-preview.plugin in the same folder and change the line

Module=browserpreview

to

Module=browser-preview

Save and restart scratch and it should work

[Janne Lindström (janus-l)]

Just a sidenote: this fix also seems to fix bug #1483031 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/scratch/+bug/1483031) as well.