Pdfchain doesn't start, crashed with segfault

Question

Pdfchain doesn't start. When trying to start from terminal I get:

Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Any suggestions?

Still getting the Segmantation fault message with 17.10, installed either from pdfchain-team ppa, or from Software channel. :( Worked so well in 16.04 LTS. Fortunately, pdftk works from command line. — Dɑvïd, Sep 01 '17 at 13:34
And it is a confirmed bug reported on Launchpad. Hopefully this means there will be a fix soonish. — Dɑvïd, Sep 06 '17 at 07:48

mgiedyk · Answer 1 · 2016-10-29T18:15:03.277

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I will first try purge pdfchain:

sudo apt-get purge pdfchain

And check. If this doesnt work try to reinstall it with and purge config too:

sudo apt-get remove pdfchain
sudo apt-get purge pdfchain

Then install it :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pdfchain-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pdfchain

Tell me if it works. If not you may try to debug the pdgchain with gdb for example.

edited Oct 29 '16 at 18:15

answered Oct 29 '16 at 18:09

mgiedyk

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You don't need to remove and purge. Just purge will remove the software and delete the configuration files. – user68186 Oct 29 '16 at 18:11
I would leave the ppa repository out. pdfchain is in Ubuntu 16.04, and likely to be more stable than a release from PPA. – zwets Oct 29 '16 at 20:57
It didn't work.. Must be some hidden options I can't delete when unisntalling. – garriguer Dec 04 '16 at 12:51
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Me neither on Ubuntu 16.10 with PDF Chain 0.4.4. Using ppa:pdfchain-team/ppa did not change the result. – nekketsuuu Apr 06 '17 at 01:32

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