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[GH-ISSUE #3760] [Bug] AppImage package missing some important libraries #1702

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opened 2026-03-23 21:16:11 +00:00 by mirror · 4 comments

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Originally created by @elvanor on GitHub (Oct 23, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/issues/3760

Originally assigned to: @LucasXu0 on GitHub.

Bug Description

Hi, I tried to install on my Gentoo system via the AppImage package and it did not work. I got the following error:

libkeybinder needs to be added to the AppImage libraries:
error while loading shared libraries: libkeybinder-3.0.so.0

Then once I installed libkeybinder on the system, got the following error:

symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/libpango-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_string_free_and_steal

Apparently it's because you bundle glib library within the AppImage package, but not libpango, so it uses system libpango that uses a new symbol in glib (g_string_free_and_steal). However since the glib bundled within AppImage is old, it does not have this symbol. So either you need to bundle libpango as well, or you need to update the glib library. But now it turns out it uses the system libpango with an outdated bundled glib, which does not work.

On a side note, I was able to start the .tar.gz package instantly. Only issue I have so far is a very small font size on my laptop screen (with large resolution). Increasing font size worked for contents but it's still very small in Settings etc.

How to Reproduce

Start the AppImage package on a standard, stable amd64 system.

Expected Behavior

AppImage package should start without any errors.

Operating System

Gentoo Linux

AppFlowy Version(s)

3.0.6

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Originally created by @elvanor on GitHub (Oct 23, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/issues/3760 Originally assigned to: @LucasXu0 on GitHub. ### Bug Description Hi, I tried to install on my Gentoo system via the AppImage package and it did not work. I got the following error: libkeybinder needs to be added to the AppImage libraries: error while loading shared libraries: libkeybinder-3.0.so.0 Then once I installed libkeybinder on the system, got the following error: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/libpango-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_string_free_and_steal Apparently it's because you bundle glib library within the AppImage package, but not libpango, so it uses system libpango that uses a new symbol in glib (g_string_free_and_steal). However since the glib bundled within AppImage is old, it does not have this symbol. So either you need to bundle libpango as well, or you need to update the glib library. But now it turns out it uses the system libpango with an outdated bundled glib, which does not work. On a side note, I was able to start the .tar.gz package instantly. Only issue I have so far is a very small font size on my laptop screen (with large resolution). Increasing font size worked for contents but it's still very small in Settings etc. ### How to Reproduce Start the AppImage package on a standard, stable amd64 system. ### Expected Behavior AppImage package should start without any errors. ### Operating System Gentoo Linux ### AppFlowy Version(s) 3.0.6 ### Screenshots _No response_ ### Additional Context _No response_

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2026-03-23 21:16:12 +00:00

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@Ahks commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2023):

Encountered similar on a clean install of Ubuntu 23.10

~/Apps$ ./AppFlowy-0.3.6-linux-x86_64.AppImage 
/tmp/.mount_AppFlotdRuxC/AppFlowy: symbol lookup error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libatk-bridge-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_string_free_and_steal

A quick google points at a similar issue with glib versions as above. .tar.gz package works here too

$ sudo apt list --installed | grep glib2

libglib2.0-0/mantic,now 2.78.0-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libglib2.0-bin/mantic,now 2.78.0-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libglib2.0-data/mantic,now 2.78.0-2 all [installed,automatic]
libpackagekit-glib2-18/mantic,now 1.2.7-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]

Thanks for a great piece of software :)

@Ahks commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2023): Encountered similar on a clean install of Ubuntu 23.10 ``` ~/Apps$ ./AppFlowy-0.3.6-linux-x86_64.AppImage /tmp/.mount_AppFlotdRuxC/AppFlowy: symbol lookup error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libatk-bridge-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_string_free_and_steal ``` A quick google points at a similar issue with glib versions as above. .tar.gz package works here too ``` $ sudo apt list --installed | grep glib2 libglib2.0-0/mantic,now 2.78.0-2 amd64 [installed,automatic] libglib2.0-bin/mantic,now 2.78.0-2 amd64 [installed,automatic] libglib2.0-data/mantic,now 2.78.0-2 all [installed,automatic] libpackagekit-glib2-18/mantic,now 1.2.7-1 amd64 [installed,automatic] ``` Thanks for a great piece of software :)

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@0xtakimiya commented on GitHub (Oct 29, 2023):

I encountered a similar issue on Manjaro when executing the .AppImage. (tar.gz works)

./AppFlowy-0.3.6-linux-x86_64.AppImage 
/tmp/.mount_AppFlo7Zowvw/AppFlowy: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libjson-glib-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_string_free_and_steal

sudo pacman -Q | grep glib2
glib2 2.78.0-2
lib32-glib2 2.78.0-2


sudo pacman -Q | grep json
json-c 0.17-1
json-glib 1.8.0-1
jsoncpp 1.9.5-2

@0xtakimiya commented on GitHub (Oct 29, 2023): I encountered a similar issue on Manjaro when executing the .AppImage. (tar.gz works) ``` ./AppFlowy-0.3.6-linux-x86_64.AppImage /tmp/.mount_AppFlo7Zowvw/AppFlowy: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libjson-glib-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_string_free_and_steal ``` ``` sudo pacman -Q | grep glib2 glib2 2.78.0-2 lib32-glib2 2.78.0-2 sudo pacman -Q | grep json json-c 0.17-1 json-glib 1.8.0-1 jsoncpp 1.9.5-2 ```

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2026-03-23 21:16:12 +00:00

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@LucasXu0 commented on GitHub (Oct 31, 2023):

Hi, @elvanor @Ahks @duckfat. I attempted to package libkeybinder into AppImage. Can you help to test this installation?

https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/releases/download/0.3.7/AppFlowy-0.3.7-linux-x86_64.AppImage

@LucasXu0 commented on GitHub (Oct 31, 2023): Hi, @elvanor @Ahks @duckfat. I attempted to package libkeybinder into AppImage. Can you help to test this installation? https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/releases/download/0.3.7/AppFlowy-0.3.7-linux-x86_64.AppImage

mirror commented

2026-03-23 21:16:12 +00:00

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@0xtakimiya commented on GitHub (Oct 31, 2023):

Hi, @elvanor @Ahks @duckfat. I attempted to package libkeybinder into AppImage. Can you help to test this installation?

https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/releases/download/0.3.7/AppFlowy-0.3.7-linux-x86_64.AppImage

it works
thank you

@0xtakimiya commented on GitHub (Oct 31, 2023): > Hi, @elvanor @Ahks @duckfat. I attempted to package libkeybinder into AppImage. Can you help to test this installation? > > https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/releases/download/0.3.7/AppFlowy-0.3.7-linux-x86_64.AppImage it works thank you

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[PR #1702] [CLOSED] Local image picker #4904