Bug#610030: gnome-shell doesn't start (missing depedency?)

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

On 14/01/11 23:11, Lech Karol Pawłaszek wrote:
> Today I've upgraded gnome-shell from 2.91.3-2 to 2.91.5-1. And as the
> 2.91.3-2 version (kinda) worked the 2.91.5-1 version doesn't.

> ike at macbook:~$ gnome-shell -r
> mutter: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-x11-3.0.so.0:
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

This is caused by old packages on your system.

> My little investigation shows that according to this:
> http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents&keywords=libgtk-x11-3.0.so.0&mode=filename&suite=experimental&arch=any
> 
> library is in libgtk3.0-0 package and I have this package installed:
> macbook:~# apt-cache policy libgtk3.0-0
> libgtk3.0-0:
>   Installed: 2.99.2-1
>   Candidate: 2.99.2-1
> 
> however file list for amd64 doesn't show this file:
> http://packages.debian.org/experimental/amd64/libgtk3.0-0/filelist

Yes, it's gone.

> How can I help to make gnome-shell usable again?

Upgrade your system. In particular, these packages are outdated:

> Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:
> ii  gir1.2-clutter-1.0     1.5.10-1          GObject introspection data for the
> ii  gir1.2-gtk-3.0         2.91.6-1          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
> ii  gir1.2-mutter-2.91     2.91.3-3          GObject introspection data for Mut
> ii  gjs                    0.7.6-2           Mozilla-based javascript bindings 
> ii  gnome-settings-daemon  2.91.5.1-2+b1     daemon handling the GNOME session 
> ii  libcanberra0           0.24-1            a simple abstract interface for pl
> ii  libgjs0b               0.7.6-2           Mozilla-based javascript bindings 

There may be more that also cause this problem. You need to upgrade them.

Cheers,
Emilio