[Chimera-users] Still won't work after libfreetype.so* and libz.so* removal

[Greg Couch]

This bug is fixed in the Chimera daily build.  Please try it and confirm 
if it is fixed or not.

     -- Greg

On 5/14/2019 11:33 AM, Яцкевич Максим wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am running Fedora 29. Now I'm trying to install chimera-1.13.1-linux_x86_64.bin. After successful installation it failed to create a window in a desktop applecation menu. So I followed the instructions on the web-site (http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/data/downloads/1.13.1/linux_x86_64.html).
>
> After running the command
> <dir_name>/bin/xdg-setup install
>
> it stumbled upon the same error that was discussed in this thread (https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/pipermail/chimera-users/2018-November/015237.html)
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "/home/sec/.local/chimera/share/__main__.py", line 73, in <module>
>      value = chimeraInit.init(sys.argv)
>    File "/home/sec/.local/chimera/share/chimeraInit.py", line 666, in init
>      import chimera
>    File "/home/sec/.local/chimera/share/chimera/__init__.py", line 2777, in <module>
>      from SimpleSession import BEGIN_RESTORE_SESSION, END_RESTORE_SESSION
>    File "/home/sec/.local/chimera/share/SimpleSession/__init__.py", line 14, in <module>
>      from save import saveSession, sessionID, noAutoRestore, autoRestorable, \
>    File "/home/sec/.local/chimera/share/SimpleSession/save.py", line 13, in <module>
>      from chimera import replyobj, selection, SessionPDBio, version
>    File "/home/sec/.local/chimera/share/chimera/replyobj.py", line 24, in <module>
>      import Tkinter
>    File "/home/sec/.local/chimera/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 39, in <module>
>      import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
> ImportError: /usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1: undefined symbol: FT_Done_MM_Var
>
> So I followed your advise and removed the corresponding files:
>
>> rm ~/.local/chimera/lib/libz.so*
>> rm ~/.local/chimera/lib/libfreetype.so*
> Unfortunately it didn't solve the problem. So after typing:
>> ~/.local/chimera/bin/xdg-setup install
> It complained that it cannot find the libz.so file!
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "/home/sec/.local/chimera/share/__main__.py", line 73, in <module>
>      value = chimeraInit.init(sys.argv)
>    File "/home/sec/.local/chimera/share/chimeraInit.py", line 659, in init
>      initialize_ssl_cert_dir()
>    File "/home/sec/.local/chimera/share/chimeraInit.py", line 309, in initialize_ssl_cert_dir
>      import ssl
>    File "/home/sec/.local/chimera/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 146, in <module>
>      import base64        # for DER-to-PEM translation
>    File "/home/sec/.local/chimera/lib/python2.7/base64.py", line 11, in <module>
>      import binascii
> ImportError: libz.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> I will be grateful for any help.
>
> Best regards,
> Maxim.
>
> PhD Student,
> Physical Faculty,
> Lomonosov Moscow State University
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