This ancient file format was intentionally dropped to reduce the chance of security vulnerabilities and other bugs.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/721372 ** Changed in: gdk-pixbuf (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #721372 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=721372 ** Also affects: gdk-pixbuf via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=721372 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdk-pixbuf in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1642496 Title: loaders/libpixbufloader-ras.so missing in xenial Status in gdk-pixbuf: Unknown Status in gdk-pixbuf package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Release: 16.04 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0: Installed: 2.32.2-1ubuntu1.2 Candidate: 2.32.2-1ubuntu1.2 Version table: *** 2.32.2-1ubuntu1.2 500 500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.32.2-1ubuntu1 500 500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages eog is lacking support for sun raster files due to missing /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders /libpixbufloader-ras.so (see Bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eog/+bug/1632359 #1632359 reported by Melanie on 2016-10-11) and my question https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk- pixbuf/+question/404136 This seems also to be true for /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gdk- pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-ras.so This bug seems also to be present in other Ubuntu releases > 14.04 Workaround is to copy libpixbufloader-ras.so from 14.04 and rebuild cache. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdk-pixbuf/+bug/1642496/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp