[Pkg-gnome-extras-maintainers] Bug#1145050: gimp: Crashes on startup: "Failed loading SDL3 library" then segfault

[Jeremy Bícha]

On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 8:20 PM James Van Zandt <jim.vanzandt at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't see any relevant libraries in /usr/local/lib:
> home:/usr/local/lib $ ls lib*
> libcruft.a      libjvc.a       libmp3lame.so        libsensors.a         libtcl7.5.so.1.0   libtkx4.1.so.1.0
> libctl.a        libjvc.so      libmp3lame.so.0      libsensors.so        libtcl.sa          libvga.config
> libdmalloc.a    libjvc.so.1    libmp3lame.so.0.0.0  libsensors.so.3      libtclx7.5.so.1    libvga.et4000
> libdmalloclp.a  libjvc.so.1.0  liboctave.a          libsensors.so.3.0.2  libtclx7.5.so.1.0
> libhistory.a    libkpathsea.a  liboctinterp.a       libsensors.so.3.0.7  libtinst.a
> libjasper.a     libmp3lame.a   libqd.a              libtcl7.5.a          libtk.sa
> libjasper.la    libmp3lame.la  libreadline.a        libtcl7.5.so.1       libtkx4.1.so.1

I'm sorry, but having all of that installed in /usr/local/lib/ is
enough to make your Debian system unsupportable. It's impossible for
me to duplicate on my system what might be installed on your system. I
recommend that you backup your data and reinstall Debian. Then in the
future, don't use 'make install' or similar commands on your Debian
install.

https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha