# Makie/FFMPEG pb libharfbuzz.so.0: undefined symbol: FT\_Get\_Transform

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-ffmpeg-pb-libharfbuzz-so-0-undefined-symbol-ft-get-transform/99570>\
**Category:** Visualization\
**Tags:** question, makie\
**Created:** [May 29, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-ffmpeg-pb-libharfbuzz-so-0-undefined-symbol-ft-get-transform/99570 "2023-05-29T15:40:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-ffmpeg-pb-libharfbuzz-so-0-undefined-symbol-ft-get-transform/99570/1 "2023-05-29T15:40:02Z")

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Hi, I have a bug during animation with CairoMakie. I try the example from the doc:

```julia
using CairoMakie

scene = lines(rand(10); linewidth=10)

record(scene, "out.mp4", 1:255; framerate = 60) do i
    scene.plots[2][:color] = RGBf0(i/255, (255 - i)/255, 0) # animate scene
end;

```

ang get

```julia
julia> include("test.jl")
ffmpeg: symbol lookup error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libharfbuzz.so.0: undefined symbol: FT_Get_Transform
ERROR: UndefVarError: RGBf0 not defined
Stacktrace:
 [1] (::var"#5#6")(i::Int64)
   @ Main ~/temp/testRecord/test.jl:6
 [2] Record(func::var"#5#6", figlike::Makie.FigureAxisPlot, iter::UnitRange{Int64}; kw_args::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Any, Tuple{Symbol, Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:format, :framerate), Tuple{SubString{String}, Int64}}})
   @ Makie ~/.julia/packages/Makie/DekzU/src/recording.jl:167
 [3] record(func::Function, figlike::Makie.FigureAxisPlot, path::String, iter::UnitRange{Int64}; kw_args::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Int64, Tuple{Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:framerate,), Tuple{Int64}}})
   @ Makie ~/.julia/packages/Makie/DekzU/src/recording.jl:148
 [4] top-level scope
   @ ~/temp/testRecord/test.jl:5

julia> 

```

In case it helps :

```julia
julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.8.5
Commit 17cfb8e65ea (2023-01-08 06:45 UTC)
Platform Info:
  OS: Linux (x86_64-linux-gnu)
  CPU: 32 × 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900K
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-13.0.1 (ORCJIT, goldmont)
  Threads: 8 on 32 virtual cores
Environment:
  JULIA_EDITOR = code
  JULIA_NUM_THREADS = 8

julia> 

(testRecord) pkg> status
Status `~/temp/testRecord/Project.toml`
  [13f3f980] CairoMakie v0.10.5

```

It is Ubuntu 23.04. FWIW, the same code runs OK on my Mac…

Any hints ?

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**Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-ffmpeg-pb-libharfbuzz-so-0-undefined-symbol-ft-get-transform/99570/2 "2023-05-29T17:03:31Z")

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OK, the former example looks outdated. When I run the following MWE (from the update Makie docs) it runs OK with julia 1.9.0 but has the same issue with Julia 1.8.5

```julia
using CairoMakie

time = Observable(0.0)

xs = range(0, 7, length=40)

ys_1 = @lift(sin.(xs .- $time))
ys_2 = @lift(cos.(xs .- $time) .+ 3)

fig = lines(xs, ys_1, color = :blue, linewidth = 4,
    axis = (title = @lift("t = $(round($time, digits = 1))"),))
scatter!(xs, ys_2, color = :red, markersize = 15)

framerate = 30
timestamps = range(0, 2, step=1/framerate)

record(fig, "time_animation.mp4", timestamps;
        framerate = framerate) do t
    time[] = t
end

```

The problem is that I am using `ParallelStencil.jl which is not yet compatible with Julia 1.9.0…  
I am stuck ☹

```julia
julia> include("observable.jl")
ffmpeg: symbol lookup error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libharfbuzz.so.0: undefined symbol: FT_Get_Transform
ERROR: IOError: write: broken pipe (EPIPE)

```

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**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-ffmpeg-pb-libharfbuzz-so-0-undefined-symbol-ft-get-transform/99570/3 "2023-06-01T13:33:19Z")

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Have you tried in a new and empty project, e.g. Via `]activate --temp`?

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**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-ffmpeg-pb-libharfbuzz-so-0-undefined-symbol-ft-get-transform/99570/4 "2023-06-01T13:45:11Z")

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Hi Simon,

Thank you very much for your answer and for Makie in general !

I just try to run in a temp env with the same result 🥲.

> **results with temp project**
>
> ```julia
> laurent@tsi13900k:~/Projects/Acoustic.jl$ julia
> _
> _ _ _(_)_ | Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
> (_) | (_) (_) |
> _ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
> | | | | | | |/ _` | |
> | | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 1.8.5 (2023-01-08)
> _/ |\ __'_|_|_|\__'_| | Official https://julialang.org/ release
> |__/ |
> 
> (@v1.8) pkg> activate --temp
> Activating new project at `/tmp/jl_FO6W7P`
> 
> (jl_FO6W7P) pkg> add CairoMakie
> Updating registry at `~/.julia/registries/General.toml`
> Resolving package versions...
> Installed OpenSSL_jll ─ v1.1.21+0
> Downloaded artifact: OpenSSL
> Updating `/tmp/jl_FO6W7P/Project.toml`
> [13f3f980] + CairoMakie v0.10.5
> Updating `/tmp/jl_FO6W7P/Manifest.toml`
> [621f4979] + AbstractFFTs v1.3.1
> [1520ce14] + AbstractTrees v0.4.4
> [79e6a3ab] + Adapt v3.6.2
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> [fa961155] + CEnum v0.4.2
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> Info Packages marked with ⌅ have new versions available but compatibility constraints restrict them from upgrading. To see why use `status --outdated -m`
> Precompiling project...
> 5 dependencies successfully precompiled in 65 seconds. 183 already precompiled.
> 
> julia> pwd()
> "/home/laurent/Projects/Acoustic.jl"
> 
> julia> include("test.jl")
> ffmpeg: symbol lookup error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libharfbuzz.so.0: undefined symbol: FT_Get_Transform
> ERROR: LoadError: IOError: write: broken pipe (EPIPE)
> Stacktrace:
> [1] uv_write(s::Base.PipeEndpoint, p::Ptr{UInt8}, n::UInt64)
> @ Base ./stream.jl:1064
> [2] unsafe_write(s::Base.PipeEndpoint, p::Ptr{UInt8}, n::UInt64)
> @ Base ./stream.jl:1118
> [3] unsafe_write
> @ ./io.jl:683 [inlined]
> [4] write
> @ ./io.jl:706 [inlined]
> [5] recordframe!(io::VideoStream)
> @ Makie ~/.julia/packages/Makie/DekzU/src/ffmpeg-util.jl:247
> [6] Record(func::var"#7#8", figlike::Makie.FigureAxisPlot, iter::StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Int64}; kw_args::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Any, Tuple{Symbol, Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:format, :framerate), Tuple{SubString{String}, Int64}}})
> @ Makie ~/.julia/packages/Makie/DekzU/src/recording.jl:168
> [7] record(func::Function, figlike::Makie.FigureAxisPlot, path::String, iter::StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Int64}; kw_args::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Int64, Tuple{Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:framerate,), Tuple{Int64}}})
> @ Makie ~/.julia/packages/Makie/DekzU/src/recording.jl:148
> [8] top-level scope
> @ ~/Projects/Acoustic.jl/test.jl:17
> [9] include(fname::String)
> @ Base.MainInclude ./client.jl:476
> [10] top-level scope
> @ REPL[4]:1
> in expression starting at /home/laurent/Projects/Acoustic.jl/test.jl:17
> 
> julia> 
> 
> ```

Like I said it works OK with 1.9.0 so I did save my simulation data (that still have to run with 1.8.5) and make the animation in post-treatment with CairoMakie/julia 1.9.0. So I am not stuck anymore. In addition I can enjoy the GLMakie interactive animation with sliders on my local machine 😉

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**Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-ffmpeg-pb-libharfbuzz-so-0-undefined-symbol-ft-get-transform/99570/5 "2023-06-30T20:37:20Z")

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I’m having the same problem on Manjaro. Has anyone found the issue?

(I also can’t use julia 1.9 yet…)

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Nope. I use 1.9.x for Makie visualization and 1.8.5 for computations…

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> [@LaurentPlagne](#):
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> `ffmpeg: symbol lookup error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libharfbuzz.so.0: undefined symbol: FT_Get_Transform`

The problem is straight there: _somehow_ you’re using system libraries instead of JLLs. How that happens, I don’t know. Educated guess: you set `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` to include system libraries. Or something similar.

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I am having the same problem on Julia 1.9.x (I tested 1.9.0 and 1.9.2).

Furthermore, I am not aware of changing any ENV variables, and certainly not `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`.

I tried making temp environment, adding CairoMakie and running an example from docs:

```julia
time = Observable(0.0)
color_observable = @lift(RGBf($time, 0, 0))

fig = lines(0..10, sin, color = color_observable)

record(fig, "color_animation_2.mp4", timestamps; framerate = framerate) do t
    time[] = t
end

```

But still I get the same error:

```julia
ffmpeg: symbol lookup error: /lib64/libharfbuzz.so.0: undefined symbol: FT_Get_Transform
ERROR: IOError: write: broken pipe (EPIPE)
Stacktrace:
 [1] uv_write(s::Base.PipeEndpoint, p::Ptr{UInt8}, n::UInt64)
   @ Base ./stream.jl:1066
 [2] unsafe_write(s::Base.PipeEndpoint, p::Ptr{UInt8}, n::UInt64)
   @ Base ./stream.jl:1120
 [3] unsafe_write
   @ ./io.jl:685 [inlined]
 [4] write
   @ ./io.jl:708 [inlined]
 [5] recordframe!(io::VideoStream)
   @ Makie ~/.julia/packages/Makie/iECbF/src/ffmpeg-util.jl:247
 [6] Record(func::var"#87#88", figlike::Makie.FigureAxisPlot, iter::StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Int64}; kw_args::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Any, Tuple{Symbol, Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:format, :framerate), Tuple{SubString{String}, Int64}}})
   @ Makie ~/.julia/packages/Makie/iECbF/src/recording.jl:168
 [7] record(func::Function, figlike::Makie.FigureAxisPlot, path::String, iter::StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Int64}; kw_args::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Int64, Tuple{Symbol}, NamedTuple{(:framerate,), Tuple{Int64}}})
   @ Makie ~/.julia/packages/Makie/iECbF/src/recording.jl:148
 [8] top-level scope
   ...

```

Does anyone know what to do with it?

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No idea, I did not get the problem with Julia 1.9.x.

What give versioninfo() and Pkg status ?

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Hi, thanks for the quick reply!  
The output of those commands is here:

```julia
(jl_futn5t) pkg> st
Status `/tmp/jl_futn5t/Project.toml`
  [13f3f980] CairoMakie v0.10.6

julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.9.2
Commit e4ee485e909 (2023-07-05 09:39 UTC)
Platform Info:
  OS: Linux (x86_64-linux-gnu)
  CPU: 8 × Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-14.0.6 (ORCJIT, skylake)
  Threads: 1 on 8 virtual cores
Environment:
  LD_PRELOAD = /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6
  JULIA_EDITOR = code
  JULIA_NUM_THREADS =

```

I am using a release version of Julia installed via `juliaup` (but fixing the version to 1.9.0 does nothing)

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> [@sceptri](#):
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> `LD_PRELOAD = /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6`

Well, you _are_ setting an environment variable which affects the dynamic loader. Don’t do that

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That’s interesting… If I run julia from the terminal (via e.g. `julialauncher`), the `LD_PRELOAD` ENV variable doesn’t showup in the `versioninfo()` output…

But running in the REPL provided by VS Code, it does

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Okay, thanks I managed to find it in the `settings.json` of VS Code, that `LD_PRELOAD` was being set as an environment variable for bash…

After removing it, it works like a charm 🙂