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Do you have the package libheif1 installed?avmaksimov wrote: Sat Feb 11, 2023 2:40 pm Hello to all! I've just installed XNView MP 1.4.2 on my Ubuntu 22.10 via deb packet. And it can't open HEIC file.
Thank you for your answer. Yes: ver. 1.13.0-1.winnylinny wrote: Sat Feb 11, 2023 6:59 pmDo you have the package libheif1 installed?avmaksimov wrote: Sat Feb 11, 2023 2:40 pm Hello to all! I've just installed XNView MP 1.4.2 on my Ubuntu 22.10 via deb packet. And it can't open HEIC file.
I think for all. No, I don't see HEIF.winnylinny wrote: Sat Feb 11, 2023 7:51 pm Is it for all HEIC/HEIF files, or only specific ones?
Do you see HEIF under Help > About > Formats?
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ls -l /usr/lib/ | grep heifnothing (winnylinny wrote: Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:58 am What is the output for:Code: Select all
ls -l /usr/lib/ | grep heif
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sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libheif.so.1 /usr/lib/libheif.so.1
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libheif.so.1 /usr/lib/libheif.so
Thank you! After this command all works fine! I installed deb package of course.winnylinny wrote: Sun Feb 12, 2023 1:21 pm Try these two commands, and then re-launch XnViewMP:
You're using the .deb package for XnViewMP, correct? Not the AppImage or Flatpak?Code: Select all
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libheif.so.1 /usr/lib/libheif.so.1 sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libheif.so.1 /usr/lib/libheif.so
Glad it works!avmaksimov wrote: Sun Feb 12, 2023 2:11 pm Thank you! After this command all works fine! I installed deb package of course.
Unfortenetuly there are many computer with 32-bit yet. But may be better the app search for this lib not only in /usr/lib/ but also in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ ? I think is simplier then expecting some changes from Ubuntu).winnylinny wrote: Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:13 pmGlad it works!avmaksimov wrote: Sun Feb 12, 2023 2:11 pm Thank you! After this command all works fine! I installed deb package of course.
Unfortunately, this is an issue of some distros (such as Ubuntu) offering "multiarch" libraries. They do not use the standard /usr/lib/ directory, but rather split them into /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ and /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/ directories.
Applications that use system libraries expect the library files to be located under /usr/lib/
The symlinks you created should keep working, even throughout updates to your Ubuntu system.
In my opinion, distros need to move away from offering 32-bit anything, anymore. (Except maybe gaming-related libraries.)
We live in a pure 64-bit OS world at this point.
avmaksimov wrote: Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:45 pmBut may be better the app search for this lib not only in /usr/lib/ but also in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ ?
No problem to view this file on linux, do you have tried 'update catalog from file'?Kef wrote: Mon Jul 24, 2023 7:13 pm I'm having an issue with some HEIC files. I'm attaching one sample file.
This file can't be viewed in XnView. It shows up in the browser and has a thumbnail but can't be opened. It also does not show the 'date taken' timestamp in the browser, and can't be sorted by 'date taken'. But XnView sees the 'date taken' just fine and shows it in the 'Properties' section.
The paths are good since half of my HEIC images work just fine in all ways.winnylinny wrote: Tue Jul 25, 2023 6:43 am Did you try the above workarounds? (In reference to the "library" paths.)
That's the first thing I did to try to fix it before posting here. It didn't help.xnview wrote: Tue Jul 25, 2023 6:39 am No problem to view this file on linux, do you have tried 'update catalog from file'?
