Bug#557742: libglibmm-2.4-1c2a: inkscape and gparted fail to start, with an error pointing to libgiomm-2.4.so.1

[Geoff Simmons]

severity 557742 normal
thanks

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 08:40:53PM -0600, vlsd wrote:
> After updating to libglibmm-2.4 both inkscape and gparted fail to start,
> with the following error message (message is identical in both
> applications):
>
> /usr/sbin/gpartedbin: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgiomm-2.4.so.1:
> undefined symbol: g_file_io_stream_get_type

I am unable to reproduce the reported issue in testing or unstable.

Vlad: According to your question and answer in [1], this issue was caused by
conflicting libraries installed by you in /usr/local/lib.  With their removal,
are inkscape and gparted now working as expected?

Geoff

[1] https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/87980