[zathura] Can't open PDF

[Khoi]

Hi,

When I try to open a pdf with zathura, I get the following error.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'error: could not load plugin /usr/lib/zathura/pdf.so (libgirara-gtk3.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
error: Unknown file type: 'application/pdf'')

I have installed a pdf plugin.

Thanks for the amazing work!

[WarheadsSE]

Do you have girara installed?

[Khoi]

Hi,

Sorry, I should have specified that girara is installed.

[willardthor]

I have the same issue.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '$ pacman -Ss girara
community/girara 0.2.4-1 [installed]
User interface library focused on simplicity and minimalism
$ find /usr/lib -name libgirara*
/usr/lib/libgirara-gtk3.so.2.0
/usr/lib/libgirara-gtk3.so
/usr/lib/libgirara-gtk3.so.2')

So, zathura is looking for libgirara-gtk3.so.1, and we have a libgirara-gtk3.so and a libgirara-gtk3.so.2 installed. Was girara updated recently, and zathura is still looking for the old version of the library?

[willardthor]

I tried downgrading girara by running

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '$ sudo pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/girara-0.2.3-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz')

and then zathura complains that it needs libgirara-gtk3.so.2 . Seems zathura (or zathura + the libraries it depends on) needs both versions of the library, which is probably a bug.

So as a (terrible) temporary measure, I ran

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '$ cd /usr/lib
$ sudo ln -s libgirara-gtk3.so.2.0 libgirara-gtk3.so.1.0
$ sudo ln -s libgirara-gtk3.so.1.0 libgirara-gtk3.so.1')

and zathura is working again (so far).