In case anyone else hits this, perhaps this will help... Another user ran into this very issue on a Debian system but removing gimp and reinstalling didn't fix the issue.
In order to find the conflicting library, the user removed gimp and it's dependencies then searched for any remaining libraries to manually remove: $ sudo apt-get remove --purge gimp $ sudo find / -iname "*babl*" $ sudo find / -iname "*gegl*" $ sudo find / -iname "*gimp*" Remove any lingering libraries before re-installing gimp. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Studio Bugs, which is subscribed to gimp in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu Studio Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1865166 Title: undefined symbol: gegl_rectangle_subtract Status in gimp package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I'm running focal and have both the snap and the deb of gimp installed. The snap runs just fine (although there is a GeglBuffer leak: https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/gimp-geglbuffer-leak/15732). However, if I run the deb from the command line, it won't start and fails with: heather@bmo:~$ gimp gimp: /usr/local/lib/libbabl-0.1.so.0: no version information available (required by gimp) gimp: /usr/local/lib/libbabl-0.1.so.0: no version information available (required by /lib/libgimpwidgets-2.0.so.0) gimp: /usr/local/lib/libbabl-0.1.so.0: no version information available (required by /lib/libgimpcolor-2.0.so.0) gimp: symbol lookup error: gimp: undefined symbol: gegl_rectangle_subtract libgegl is installed but maybe there's an additional gimp/gegl package that provides this symbol and would need to be included in main for the gimp deb to work: heather@bmo:~$ dpkg -l | grep gegl ii gir1.2-gegl-0.4:amd64 0.4.22-1 amd64 GObject introspection data for the Generic Graphics Library ii libgegl-0.4-0:amd64 0.4.22-1 amd64 Generic Graphics Library ii libgegl-common 0.4.22-1 all Generic Graphics Library - common files ii libgegl-dev:amd64 0.4.22-1 amd64 Generic Graphics Library (development files) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gimp 2.10.14-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-14.17-generic 5.4.18 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-14-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu18 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri Feb 28 07:59:36 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-09-11 (169 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416) ProcEnviron: TERM=screen PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gimp UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-01-17 (41 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/+bug/1865166/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs Post to : ubuntustudio-bugs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
