Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evince
Using karmic alpha1 with all current updates, evince says it doesn't handle pdf documents. Error is; File type PDF document (application/pdf) is not supported Things I've tried so far after reading other bug reports: r...@mbeki:~# apt-get remove --purge evince Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: evince* ubuntu-desktop* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 26 not upgraded. After this operation, 5894kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 120315 files and directories currently installed.) Removing ubuntu-desktop ... Removing evince ... Purging configuration files for evince ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ... Processing triggers for man-db ... r...@mbeki:~# ls -lR /usr/lib/evince/ ls: cannot access /usr/lib/evince/: No such file or directory r...@mbeki:~# rm /usr/local/lib/libpoppler-glib.so.4 rm: cannot remove `/usr/local/lib/libpoppler-glib.so.4': No such file or directory r...@mbeki:~# rm /usr/local/lib/libpop* rm: cannot remove `/usr/local/lib/libpop*': No such file or directory r...@mbeki:~# rm /var/cache/apt/archives/evince_2.27.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb r...@mbeki:~# apt-get install ubuntu-desktop Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: evince Suggested packages: poppler-data The following NEW packages will be installed: evince ubuntu-desktop 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 26 not upgraded. Need to get 798kB/828kB of archives. After this operation, 5894kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main evince 2.27.1-0ubuntu1 [798kB] Fetched 798kB in 16s (48.4kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package evince. (Reading database ... 120087 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking evince (from .../evince_2.27.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package ubuntu-desktop. Unpacking ubuntu-desktop (from .../ubuntu-desktop_1.144_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Setting up evince (2.27.1-0ubuntu1) ... Setting up ubuntu-desktop (1.144) ... r...@mbeki:~# killall evince evince: no process found r...@mbeki:~# logout Error messages when running evince from console: z...@mbeki:~/Desktop$ evince ubuntupocketguide-v1-1.pdf (evince:12609): EvinceDocument-WARNING **: /usr/lib/evince/1/backends/libpdfdocument.so: undefined symbol: poppler_layers_iter_free (evince:12609): EvinceDocument-WARNING **: Cannot load backend 'pdfdocument' since file '/usr/lib/evince/1/backends/libpdfdocument.so' cannot be read. (evince:12609): EvinceDocument-WARNING **: /usr/lib/evince/1/backends/libpdfdocument.so: undefined symbol: poppler_layers_iter_free (evince:12609): EvinceDocument-WARNING **: Cannot load backend 'pdfdocument' since file '/usr/lib/evince/1/backends/libpdfdocument.so' cannot be read. z...@mbeki:~/Desktop$ Let me know of there's anything else I can try or any other information I can provide that would help to explain the problem ** Affects: evince (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- evince refuses to display pdfs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/387065 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs