I believe this to be fixed nowadays. this bug was filing during the development version of xenial, and I believe this was due to an ongoing library transition (i.e. an imagemagick transition).
At any rate I can't reproduce it, if you still can reproduce it in your up-to-date xenial system, please reopen the bug report. ** Changed in: inkscape (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Studio Bugs, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu Studio Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1514427 Title: Cannot open inskape undefined symbol: _ZN6Magick5Image4readERKNSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEE Status in inkscape package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: I cannot open inkscape anymore. I get the following error in terminal: $ inkscape inkscape: symbol lookup error: inkscape: undefined symbol: _ZN6Magick5Image4readERKNSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEE ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: inkscape 0.91-5ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-22.29-generic 3.16.4 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.2-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Nov 9 14:29:33 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-08 (550 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) SourcePackage: inkscape UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2015-11-08 (1 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/inkscape/+bug/1514427/+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