Bug 19435

Summary:	libcairo has problem loading libpng12
Product:	cairo	Reporter:	Paul Steckler <steck>
Component:	png functions	Assignee:	Carl Worth <cworth>
Status:	RESOLVED NOTOURBUG	QA Contact:	cairo-bugs mailing list <cairo-bugs>
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium
Version:	1.8.0
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
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Description Paul Steckler 2009-01-07 02:58:50 UTC

On my Fedora 10 box, with Cairo 1.8.0 installed, when I start python, as 
follows:

  python -c 'import gtk.glade'

I get:

 ImportError: /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2: symbol png_set_expand_gray_1_2_4_to_8,   version PNG12_0 not defined in file libpng12.so.0 with link time reference

I've seen a couple of references to this problem on the Web by Googling, but 
no real resolution.  My Cairo and PNG libraries are all the latest in the 
Fedora repositories.

Comment 1 Chris Wilson 2009-01-24 10:34:21 UTC

It may seem a bit harsh, but really this is an issue with your installation of Python - it seems the libraries are incompatible. In particular I would hazard a guess that Python is dragging in a much older or trimmed down version of libpng.

An examination of "/proc/$pid/maps" (or using pmap) will tell you precisely which libraries are mapped into the process.

Comment 2 Paul Steckler 2009-04-26 02:31:10 UTC

In fact, python was trying to load libraries associated with a Mono 
Project installation, not the libraries in /usr/lib/.

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