[SOLVED] kate can't start because of gitlib2 update

22 November 2021, 23:04:59

Hi There,

I am using Artix x86_64 on kde-plasme & the system is up to date.
[ 'sudo pacman -Syyu' shows: Nothing to do. ]

Today i figured out that kate won't start, via terminal i get:

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pc:[user]:~%kate
kate: error while loading shared libraries: libgit2.so.1.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

libgit2 was updated on 20.November to version 1.3

so:

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ls -l /usr/lib/libgit*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 20. Nov 21:00 /usr/lib/libgit2.so -> libgit2.so.1.3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 20. Nov 21:00 /usr/lib/libgit2.so.1.3 -> libgit2.so.1.3.0
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1192224 20. Nov 21:00 /usr/lib/libgit2.so.1.3.0

kate can't find libgit2.so.1.2 anymore.

A quick and dirty:
sudo ln /usr/lib/libgit2.so.1.3.0 /usr/lib/libgit2.so.1.2
fixed it for me.

But i suppose kate needs a new build.

Greetings.

Re: kate can't start because of gitlib2 update

Reply #1 – 23 November 2021, 00:34:32

Thanks for the notification.
Kate has been updated now; should be available once the mirrors have synced.
artist

Re: [SOLVED] kate can't start because of gitlib2 update

Reply #2 – 23 November 2021, 19:57:40

Thank you for the incredible fast reaction !!!!