I'm also seeing this bug. I'm running Ubuntu 15.04 and Octave was installed entirely from the official Ubuntu repository. Nothing is marked as broken in aptitude.
Steps to reproduce: sudo apt-get install octave echo "X = imread('bird_small.png')" > imfail.m octave imfail.m Actual result: error: default_formats: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/octave/3.8.2/oct/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/__magick_read__.oct: failed to load: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/octave/3.8.2/oct/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/__magick_read__.oct: undefined symbol: _ZN6Magick5ColorC1Ehhh error: called from: error: /usr/share/octave/3.8.2/m/image/imformats.m at line 255, column 11 error: /usr/share/octave/3.8.2/m/image/imformats.m at line 78, column 3 error: /usr/share/octave/3.8.2/m/image/private/imageIO.m at line 60, column 7 error: /usr/share/octave/3.8.2/m/image/imread.m at line 107, column 30 Expected result: image data is loaded into X -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1372202 Title: imread fails To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/octave/+bug/1372202/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs