[Users] Upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04 and now cannot start claws-mail.

[Paul]

On Mon, 26 Sep 2022 02:17:52 +0000
Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> wrote: 

> When I start claws-mail from the command line, I get a whole load of output:
> 
> (claws-mail:17035): Gtk-WARNING **: 15:07:23.100: Could not load a pixbuf
> from icon theme. This may indicate that pixbuf loaders or the mime database
> could not be found. **
> Gtk:ERROR:../../../../gtk/gtkiconhelper.c:494:ensure_surface_for_gicon:
> assertion failed (error == NULL): Failed to load
> /usr/share/icons/mate/16x16/status/image-missing.png: Unable to load
> image-loading module:
> /usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so:
> libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> (gdk-pixbuf-error-quark, 5) Bail out!
> Gtk:ERROR:../../../../gtk/gtkiconhelper.c:494:ensure_surface_for_gicon:
> assertion failed (error == NULL): Failed to load
> /usr/share/icons/mate/16x16/status/image-missing.png: Unable to load
> image-loading module:
> /usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so:
> libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> (gdk-pixbuf-error-quark, 5) Abort (core dumped)
> 
> 
> This doesn't mean a lot to me; can anyone guide me a bit?

You're on the wrong list for this problem - it isn't a Claws Mail issue but a
problem with ubuntu packaging (it very much seems) of gdk-pixbuf and others.

with regards

Paul