epiphany-browser: error while loading shared libraries: libgirepository-1.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file

[Matt Wheeler]

Binary package hint: epiphany-browser

epiphany does not start, and when run from a terminal this error is displayed:

epiphany-browser: error while loading shared libraries: libgirepository-1.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: epiphany-browser 2.30.2-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jul 30 15:52:31 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: epiphany-browser

[olavl (olavl)]

Me too, just confirming this.
Workaround:
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libgirepository-1.0.so.1 /usr/lib/libgirepository-1.0.so.0

[olavl (olavl)]

That last "0" should be on the same line, of course.

[Tim Price (timprice)]

Just confirming I had this problem, too (Lucid x64), and that olavell's fix worked fine for me as well - thanks!

[Ben (ben2talk)]

Yes, worked here too - (32 bit Lucid) Thanks - that's a great result.

[Maia Everett (linneris)]

Fixed in -1ubuntu5.

[axx (axx)]

Just to mention this bug is present on Lucid Lynx 10.04 too.
The symbolic link fix given by olavl works fine, but is beyond many less geeky users.
Hopefully it'll be fixed in Lucid before people upgrade to Maverick.

[Davide Alberelli (dadexix86)]

I'm on Lucid too.

The bug affected also me.

This evening I just upgrade my box
(dpkg log:
2010-09-17 22:27:24 upgrade libgirepository1.0-0 0.6.8-1 0.9.3-0ubuntu1~ppa10.04+1
)

And then I could resolv with the linking workaround by olavl.

[Kẏra (thekyriarchy)]

This still affects me using the epiphany and webkit ppa.

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

You need to talk to the maintainers of the PPA you're using then

[H.-Dirk Schmitt (dirk-computer42)]

Me too.

epiphany-browser 2.30.2-1ubuntu1.1 lucid de.archive.ubuntu.com
epiphany-browser 2.30.2-1ubuntu1.1 install ok installed

libgirepository1.0-0 0.9.3-0ubuntu1~ppa10.04+1 install ok installed
libgirepository1.0-0 0.6.8-1 lucid de.archive.ubuntu.com
libgirepository1.0-0 0.9.3-0ubuntu1~ppa10.04+1 lucid ppa.launchpad.net

Is there a way to get this fixed in the lucid/ppa version. The origin lucid empathy version without the date in chat rooms is a litte bit confusing.

[arnaud.d (arnaud-desgeorge)]

thks olavl, fixed in 32 bit lucid