# Plexamp Linux crash on launch

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-linux-crash-on-launch/444951>\
**Category:** Plex Labs\
**Tags:** plexamp\
**Created:** [August 12, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-linux-crash-on-launch/444951 "2019-08-12T12:57:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![hesperaux](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hesperaux/32/164416_2.png) [@hesperaux](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hesperaux)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-linux-crash-on-launch/444951/54 "2019-12-15T21:39:12Z")

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Hello fellow Arch users, and those affected by this library issue.

I have a crude but workable solution to this problem, which allows for using an older pango library without obstructing the rest of the system. It works for me, YMMV, etc.

Thanks to @EquateBrand for determining what pango lib was necessary.

I did the following:

```auto
cd ~
mkdir .mylib
cd .mylib
wget https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/p/pango/pango-1%3A1.44.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
xz -d pango-1\:1.44.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
# tar doesn't like the colon, and I was lazy:
mv pango-1\:1.44.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar pango-1--1.44.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar
tar xpvf pango-1--1.44.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/hesperaux/.mylib/usr/lib/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH ~/Downloads/plexamp-1.1.0-x86_64.AppImage

```

Obviously you can change where you extract stuff, and fix the paths how you like. But this will override the system library path for pango. I did a quick test and PlexAmp does run fine.

When I don’t set the LD\_LIBRARY\_PATH, this still happens:  
╚═══ [03:36:46 PM] $ ~/Downloads/plexamp-1.1.0-x86\_64.AppImage  
installed: X-AppImage-BuildId=1eb65ac0-f46d-11a8-2a14-3f03bf545e72 image: X-AppImage-BuildId=1eb65ac0-f46d-11a8-2a14-3f03bf545e72

(plexamp:104862): Pango-ERROR \*\*: 15:36:50.217: Harfbuzz version too old (1.4.2)

and:  
╚═══ [03:37:28 PM] $ pacman -Qs pango  
local/pango 1:1.44.7-1

…which tells me it’s doing its job.

This is a crude workaround; I’d still like to see the real fix (no holidays, Plex Labs guys! 🙂 ). But do enjoy the holidays first. Happy holidays all.

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