jessie: `evince`, `atril`, `okular` unable to open PDFs; "libtiff.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

[Alexis]

Hi all,
Context: jessie x86_64 [+updates], recently upgraded from wheezy.

i've started having a strange issue where none of `evince`, 
`atril` or `okular` can open PDFs. All produce the error:

    libtiff.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or 
    directory

Indeed, `locate libtiff.so.4` returns no results, and

   $ locate libtiff4 /var/lib/dpkg/info/libtiff4:amd64.list 
   /var/lib/dpkg/info/libtiff4:amd64.postrm 
   /var/lib/dpkg/info/libtiff4:i386.list 
   /var/lib/dpkg/info/libtiff4:i386.postrm

i do have `libtiff5` installed, however:

   $ aptitude versions '^libtiff5$' Package libtiff5: 
   i A | 990  | 35 | 4.0.3-12.3 |  | stable | Tag Image File 
   Format (TIFF) library | Jay Berkenbilt <q...@debian.org>         

   Package libtiff5:i386: i A | 990  | 3  | 4.0.3-12.3 |  | 
   stable | Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library | Jay Berkenbilt 
   <q...@debian.org>

   $ locate libtiff.so.5
   /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libtiff.so.5 
   /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libtiff.so.5.2.0 
   /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtiff.so.5 
   /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtiff.so.5.2.0

Further:

   $ aptitude versions 'libtiff4' Package libtiff4: 
   p   | 100  | 0  | 3.9.6-11 |  |  | Tag Image File Format 
   (TIFF) library (old ve | Jay Berkenbilt <q...@debian.org>         

   Package libtiff4:i386: p   | 100  | 0  | 3.9.6-11 |  |  | Tag 
   Image File Format (TIFF) library (old ve | Jay Berkenbilt 
   <q...@debian.org>

which doesn't say which archive the libtiff4 package is available 
from. Removing all commented-out lines from my 
/etc/apt/sources.list, it contains:

   # # Debian # 

   # Jessie = stable 

   deb http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ jessie main contrib 
   non-free deb http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ 
   jessie-backports main contrib non-free deb 
   http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib 
   non-free 

   # deb-multimedia deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org jessie main 
   non-free 

   # IceWeasel deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ jessie-backports 
   iceweasel-release 

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what might be going on, 
please?


Alexis.


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