Comment 18 for bug 174373

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mayormike (mmortmr) wrote : Re: [Bug 174373] Re: [hardy] squares instead of text after fontconfig upgrade until applications are restarted

Thanks again for the prompt replies and help.
Mike

rod wrote:
> I did
> cd /usr/local/lib
> sudo rm libpango*
> (to remove all files with name beginning by libpango)
>
> cd /usr/local
> sudo rm -r pango
>
> sudo apt-get install --reinstall libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common
> cd /home/myuser/
> checked which files were with pango in the name, with
> ls -a
> then did
> sudo rm -r pango-1.20.5
>
> Mind that this exact sequence won't work with you if pango was not installed in the same places.
> Hope it helps,
>
> rod
>
>