Bug 436537

Summary:	Snap version of Spectacle does not work after recent update
Product:	[KDE Neon] neon	Reporter:	Baruch Youssin <quququitty>
Component:	Snaps	Assignee:	Scarlett Moore <sgmoore>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	crash	CC:	kde, nate, neon-bugs-null, oskar.henriksson2001, sgmoore
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Snap
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Baruch Youssin 2021-05-03 14:31:53 UTC

SUMMARY
Does not work after recent update.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  spectacle --new-instance


OBSERVED RESULT
spectacle: /snap/spectacle/136/kf5/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /snap/spectacle/136/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5)
spectacle: /snap/spectacle/136/kf5/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.28' not found (required by /snap/spectacle/136/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5)
spectacle: /snap/spectacle/136/kf5/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /snap/spectacle/136/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5)
spectacle: /snap/spectacle/136/kf5/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.28' not found (required by /snap/spectacle/136/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5)
spectacle: /snap/spectacle/136/kf5/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.28' not found (required by /snap/spectacle/136/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Xml.so.5)
spectacle: /snap/spectacle/136/kf5/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /snap/spectacle/136/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Xml.so.5)
spectacle: /snap/spectacle/136/kf5/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /snap/spectacle/136/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5WaylandClient.so.5)
spectacle: /snap/spectacle/136/kf5/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.28' not found (required by /snap/spectacle/136/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5WaylandClient.so.5)

Spectacle does not run.

EXPECTED RESULT
Spectacle runs.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Ubuntu 20.04
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.68.0
Qt Version: 5.12.8

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Workaround:
sudo snap revert spectacle
spectacle reverted to 20.12.3
After this Spectacle works fine.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-05-04 18:50:01 UTC

*** Bug 436598 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Scarlett Moore 2025-05-15 15:39:10 UTC

Unfortunately spectacle is no longer supported as a snap due changes and can no longer get it to work.