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XReader 4.0.2 Refuses to open any Epub after Linux upgrade #677
Description
Distribution
Linux Mint 21.3 (Updated)
Package version
4.0.2
Frequency
Always
Bug description
After updating Linux Mint 21.3 (see my comment to issue #647) Xreader 4.0.2 refuses to open any Epub file.
Steps to reproduce
Attempt to open any EPUB file. Xreader segfaults.
Expected behavior
Open and view the epub file.
Additional information
The attached epub file opened correctly with XReader 4.0.2 after an initial install of Linux Mint 21.3 from ISO media.
After doing update / upgrade, XReader refuses to open this, or any other, epub file. Crash log also attached.
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fire-eggs commentedon Apr 23, 2025
Note: after building from source, xreader 4.2.5 works fine.
leigh123linux commentedon Apr 23, 2025
Fixed in version 4.2.5
mtwebster commentedon Apr 23, 2025
Unfortunately they updated webkit in Jammy/Mint 21 so we probably need to update xreader here also.
clefebvre commentedon Sep 4, 2026
EPUB support was removed from Xreader and reimplemented in Xepub: https://github.com/xapp-project/xepub.