Termux-packages: mpv cannot locate symbol referenced by libharfbuzz.so

Created on 12 Jul 2019 · 24Comments · Source: termux/termux-packages

Problem description

I just updated my packages with apt update && apt upgrade. Now when I try to run mpv, it exits with the following message:

CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/libexec/mpv": cannot locate symbol "g_unicode_script_to_iso15924" referenced by "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/libharfbuzz.so" ...

mpd gives an almost identical message.

Additional information

Output of termux-info:
Updatable packages:
All packages up to date
Subscribed repositories:
https://dl.bintray.com/grimler/science-packages-21 science/stable
https://dl.bintray.com/grimler/game-packages-21 games/stable
https://termux.net stable/main
https://termux.net stable/main
System information:
Linux localhost 3.18.14-14598364 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Nov 19 18:25:18 KST 2018 armv8l Android
Termux-packages arch:
arm
Android version:
8.1.0
Device manufacturer:
samsung
Device model:
SM-P585Y

I've never installed any sort of custom rom on the device. Software is up-to-date (by Samsung's standards). Termux is installed through F-Droid. I'm currently using version 0.70, which has the "suggested" tag next to it, even though it is not the newest version.

android-5.x android-6.x bug report

Source

TommoCrabb

All 24 comments

I'm having the same problem.

$ termux-info
Updatable packages:
All packages up to date
Subscribed repositories:
https://dl.bintray.com/grimler/science-packages-21 science/stable
https://dl.bintray.com/grimler/game-packages-21 games/stable
https://termux.net stable/main
https://termux.net stable/main
System information:
Linux localhost 3.4.39-5727790 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 25 17:50:35 KST 2017 armv7l Android
Termux-packages arch:
arm
Android version:
5.1.1
Device manufacturer:
samsung
Device model:
SM-P601
$ mpv
CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE DEPENDENCIES: cannot locate symbol "g_unicode_script_to_iso15924" referenced by "libharfbuzz.so"...
$

letitbe1503 on 12 Jul 2019

Worked for me.

u0_a567 in ~
➜ mpv
mpv 0.29.1 Copyright © 2000-2018 mpv/MPlayer/mplayer2 projects
 built on Sun Jun 30 16:53:12 UTC 2019
ffmpeg library versions:
   libavutil       56.22.100
   libavcodec      58.35.100
   libavformat     58.20.100
   libswscale      5.3.100
   libavfilter     7.40.101
   libswresample   3.3.100
ffmpeg version: 4.1.4

Usage:   mpv [options] [url|path/]filename

Basic options:
 --start=<time>    seek to given (percent, seconds, or hh:mm:ss) position
 --no-audio        do not play sound
 --no-video        do not play video
 --fs              fullscreen playback
 --sub-file=<file> specify subtitle file to use
 --playlist=<file> specify playlist file

 --list-options    list all mpv options
 --h=<string>      print options which contain the given string in their name

u0_a567 in ~
➜ termux-info
Updatable packages:
All packages up to date
Subscribed repositories:
https://dl.bintray.com/xeffyr/x11-packages-24 x11/main
https://dl.bintray.com/grimler/science-packages-24 science/stable
https://dl.bintray.com/grimler/game-packages-24 games/stable
https://dl.bintray.com/termux/termux-packages-24 stable/main
System information:
Linux localhost 4.4.153-15480849 #2 SMP PREEMPT Mon May 20 20:07:18 KST 2019 aarch64 Android
Termux-packages arch:
aarch64
Android version:
9
Device manufacturer:
samsung
Device model:
SM-G950U

RossComputerGuy on 12 Jul 2019

Worked for me.

Problem only on android-5 branch.

xeffyr on 12 Jul 2019

yeah android5 branch only and there is likely a conflict with libraries in our libdir and libraries /system/lib. hint .. g_unicode_script_to_iso15924 is from libglib-2.0.so.

its-pointless on 13 Jul 2019

I just read the last 2 comments about this only affecting the Android-5 branch. Don't know if this is relevant or not, but I'd like to point out that I'm being affected by the problem, and according to the output of termux-info (posted above) I'm running Android 8.1.0.

TommoCrabb on 13 Jul 2019

👍1

looks to be the change to libass. it brings in libxml2. libxml2 wants symbols which conflict with system android liblzma.so .

@TommoCrabb the important thing is which repo are you getting packages from. As in is this https://dl.bintray.com/termux/termux-packages-24 or from termux.net?
termux.net would be android-5

its-pointless on 13 Jul 2019

As in is this https://dl.bintray.com/termux/termux-packages-24

MPV from android-7 branch is working.

and according to the output of termux-info (posted above) I'm running Android 8.1.0.

@TommoCrabb According to termux-info, you still using android-5 packages:

https://dl.bintray.com/grimler/science-packages-21 science/stable
https://dl.bintray.com/grimler/game-packages-21 games/stable
https://termux.net stable/main

xeffyr on 13 Jul 2019

I'm still using whatever was set as default when I installed the app. To be honest, I didn't even know I had to update the repos. I had assumed it was a rolling scenario like with arch linux. Are there instructions in the wiki for doing this? Should I just uninstall and re-install?

TommoCrabb on 13 Jul 2019

I had assumed it was a rolling scenario like with arch linux.

It is rolling. But we have 2 repository variants which are completely independent.

Are there instructions in the wiki for doing this?

Currently no.

Use termux-upgrade-repo and follow instructions that it will print. Also, if you store some custom files in `$PREFIX, you need to backup them before executing the script.

xeffyr on 13 Jul 2019

I went through the termux-upgrade-repo procedure, as per your suggestion. For some reason it took a couple of hours to download under 100MB of packages, but everything seems to be working just fine now, including mpv. Cheers for that, Xeffyr. Should I mark this item as closed then?

TommoCrabb on 13 Jul 2019

Should I mark this item as closed then?

No. Problem still exists on android-5 branch.

xeffyr on 13 Jul 2019

for Android version 5.1.1 have a workaround solutions?

letitbe1503 on 13 Jul 2019

iv got some attempts.
mpv is working on my machine using android5 libs now. Using this.
https://github.com/its-pointless/gcc_termux/blob/master/libxml2_2.9.9-3_arm.deb
https://github.com/its-pointless/gcc_termux/blob/master/liblzma_5.2.4_arm.deb

its-pointless on 14 Jul 2019

if someone wants to confirm working by trying it out. if needed will provide aarch64 libs as well

its-pointless on 14 Jul 2019

if someone wants to confirm working by trying it out. if needed will provide aarch64 libs as well

not work for my machine

$ dpkg -i libxml2_2.9.9-3_arm.deb
(Reading database ... 43164 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack libxml2_2.9.9-3_arm.deb ...
Unpacking libxml2 (2.9.9-3) over (2.9.9-3) ...
Setting up libxml2 (2.9.9-3) ...
Processing triggers for man (1.14.5-1) ...
$ dpkg -i liblzma_5.2.4_arm.deb
(Reading database ... 43164 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack liblzma_5.2.4_arm.deb ...
Unpacking liblzma (5.2.4) over (5.2.4) ...
Setting up liblzma (5.2.4) ...
$ mpv
CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE DEPENDENCIES: cannot locate symbol "g_unicode_script_to_iso15924" referenced by "libharfbuzz.so"...

letitbe1503 on 14 Jul 2019

hmm i think the best way to go about this would be for me to figure it is know out the names of the libraries in the /system/lib and /system/vendor/lib for those that are affected.

its-pointless on 15 Jul 2019

here is a list of the libraries it accesses on my machine that works. So for it to not work afaik on yours a library exists in /system/lib or /system/vendor/lib with the same name as in a library in that was accessed in /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib in that file. Ignoring of course the ones that a preloaded at the top.

its-pointless on 15 Jul 2019

here is a list of the libraries it accesses on my machine that works. So for it to not work afaik on yours a library exists in /system/lib or /system/vendor/lib with the same name as in a library in that was accessed in /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib in that file. Ignoring of course the ones that a preloaded at the top.

note2014-2019-07-18-12-36-13.log

letitbe1503 on 18 Jul 2019

i think you misunderstood what i was talking about.
i need list of files in the /system/lib dir
as in the the rom's directory.
ls -l /system/lib

its-pointless on 19 Jul 2019

😄1

i think you misunderstood what i was talking about.
i need list of files in the /system/lib dir
as in the the rom's directory.
ls -l /system/lib

output 3 command in file >> note2014-2019-07-18-12-36-13.log
$ ls -l /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib
$ ls -l /system/lib
$ ls -l /system/vendor/lib

here is a list of the libraries it accesses on my machine that works. So for it to not work afaik on yours a library exists in /system/lib or /system/vendor/lib with the same name as in a library in that was accessed in /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib in that file. Ignoring of course the ones that a preloaded at the top.

note2014-2019-07-18-12-36-13.log

letitbe1503 on 19 Jul 2019

https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/files/3404926/note2014-2019-07-18-12-36-13.log

There is a glib in /system/lib:

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        173640 Apr 25  2017 libglib-2.0.so

Obviously may conflict with the glib from $PREFIX.

xeffyr on 21 Jul 2019

👍1

I have added libglib-2.0.so and liblzma.so to preload list. Try following mpv package:
https://dl.bintray.com/xeffyr/termux-dev/arm/mpv_0.29.1-5_arm.deb

xeffyr on 21 Jul 2019

❤1

I have added libglib-2.0.so and liblzma.so to preload list. Try following mpv package:
https://dl.bintray.com/xeffyr/termux-dev/arm/mpv_0.29.1-5_arm.deb

it work now
thank you.

$ dpkg -i ./mpv_0.29.1-5_arm.deb 
(Reading database ... 22612 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack ./mpv_0.29.1-5_arm.deb ...
Unpacking mpv (0.29.1-5) over (0.29.1-5) ...
Setting up mpv (0.29.1-5) ...
Processing triggers for man (1.14.5-1) ...
$ mpv
mpv 0.29.1 Copyright © 2000-2018 mpv/MPlayer/mplayer2 projects
 built on Sun Jul 21 11:33:09 UTC 2019
ffmpeg library versions:
   libavutil       56.22.100
   libavcodec      58.35.100
   libavformat     58.20.100
   libswscale      5.3.100
   libavfilter     7.40.101
   libswresample   3.3.100
ffmpeg version: 4.1.4

Usage:   mpv [options] [url|path/]filename

Basic options:
 --start=<time>    seek to given (percent, seconds, or hh:mm:ss) position
 --no-audio        do not play sound
 --no-video        do not play video
 --fs              fullscreen playback
 --sub-file=<file> specify subtitle file to use
 --playlist=<file> specify playlist file

 --list-options    list all mpv options
 --h=<string>      print options which contain the given string in their name

$

letitbe1503 on 21 Jul 2019

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