I was finally able to get Pidgin to run by reinstalling the missing libs using 'sudo apt install libname --reinstall'.
Debsums showed that there were hundreds of missing files from the system from install. Please see bug #1800105 where I describe the failed install to SSD using etcher. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1799761 Title: Pidgin fails to start after install in 18.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/1799761/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
