URL:
<https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61739>
Summary: Outdated libffi dependency prevents AppImage launch
under Ubuntu 20.04
Project: Denemo
Submitted by: None
Submitted on: Wed 29 Dec 2021 02:41:10 PM UTC
Category: None
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: None
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Originator Name:
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
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Details:
Running Ubuntu 20.04, I grabbed a copy of the AppImage, made it executable,
and was met with the error:
./bin/denemo: error while loading shared libraries: libffi.so.6: cannot open
shared object file: No such file or directory
It looks like the system libffi version (for Ubuntu 20.04 and presumably
later) is 7, and the AppImage depends on the system having version 6
installed. Perhaps this dependency can/should be part of the AppImage itself?
Not sure, as it looks like this might actually be part of a larger issue with
Ubuntu 20.04 shipping a broken installation of Python:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61875869/ubuntu-20-04-upgrade-python-missing-libffi-so-6
Regardless, I was able to get the AppImage to launch after manually
downloading and installing an outdated libffi6 package, but wanted to report
the problem anyway, in case it would be an easy fix for the package
maintainer(s). :)
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