Hi! As alstein wrote, the problem is the broken symlink. I made a debdiff that updates the symlink and adds a dependency on fonts-freefont-ttf.
This debdiff is made for Ubuntu Xenial. Christian ** Patch added: "Add dependency and update symlink." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/slingshot/+bug/1400460/+attachment/4746459/+files/slingshot_0.9-1ubuntu1.debdiff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1400460 Title: slingshot won't lauch (unable to read font filename) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/slingshot/+bug/1400460/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs