The question at <http://askubuntu.com/q/763075> called my attention to this. The explanation why the version in the Ubuntu/Debian archives stopped working in 16.04 is that it's not compatible with the new Chinese fonts provided by the fonts-noto-cjk package, which is installed by default in all Ubuntu flavors (see <https://bugs.debian.org/814433>).
So either it should be upgraded or dropped from the yakkety and xenial archives. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #814433 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=814433 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579536 Title: "Querying installed files" process on start-up takes abnormally long (~20minutes) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/font-manager/+bug/1579536/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
