virt-manager: Failed to load shared library 'libgobject-2.0.0.dylib' #6311

osalbahr · 2025-07-28T06:39:31Z

osalbahr
Jul 28, 2025

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Description of issue

I'm trying to emulate Fedora RISC-V (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/RISC-V/QEMU) and getting the following error:

% virt-install \    
    --import \
    --name fedora-riscv \
    --osinfo fedora-rawhide \
    --arch riscv64 \
    --cpu mode=maximum \
    --vcpus 4 \
    --ram 4096 \
    --boot uefi \
    --disk path=Fedora-Cloud-Base-Generic-42.20250414-8635a3a5bfcd.riscv64.qcow2 \
    --network default \
    --tpm none \
    --graphics none \
    --controller scsi,model=virtio-scsi \
    --cloud-init user-data=user-data.yaml


(process:14212): GLib-GIRepository-WARNING **: 09:20:29.572: Failed to load shared library 'libgobject-2.0.0.dylib' referenced by the typelib: dlopen(libgobject-2.0.0.dylib, 0x0009): Symbol not found: _g_libintl_bind_textdomain_codeset
  Referenced from: <F99456E6-69D9-3487-994E-9C02612D7D9E> /opt/homebrew/lib/libglib-2.0.0.dylib
  Expected in:     <9414C162-5CCC-3B6D-8A0D-C7C743F7FEC1> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/gettext/0.26/lib/libintl.8.dylib

(process:14212): GLib-GIRepository-WARNING **: 09:20:29.572: Failed to load shared library 'libglib-2.0.0.dylib' referenced by the typelib: dlopen(libglib-2.0.0.dylib, 0x0009): Symbol not found: _g_libintl_bind_textdomain_codeset
  Referenced from: <F99456E6-69D9-3487-994E-9C02612D7D9E> /opt/homebrew/lib/libglib-2.0.0.dylib
  Expected in:     <9414C162-5CCC-3B6D-8A0D-C7C743F7FEC1> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/gettext/0.26/lib/libintl.8.dylib
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/homebrew/bin/virt-install", line 6, in <module>
    from virtinst import virtinstall
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/virt-manager/5.0.0_2/share/virt-manager/virtinst/__init__.py", line 48, in <module>
    from virtinst.osdict import OSDB
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/virt-manager/5.0.0_2/share/virt-manager/virtinst/osdict.py", line 13, in <module>
    from gi.repository import Libosinfo
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 921, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 813, in module_from_spec
  File "/opt/homebrew/opt/pygobject3/lib/python3.13/site-packages/gi/importer.py", line 146, in create_module
    importlib.import_module('gi.repository.' + dep.split("-")[0])
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.13/3.13.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 921, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 813, in module_from_spec
  File "/opt/homebrew/opt/pygobject3/lib/python3.13/site-packages/gi/importer.py", line 146, in create_module
    importlib.import_module('gi.repository.' + dep.split("-")[0])
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.13/3.13.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 921, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 813, in module_from_spec
  File "/opt/homebrew/opt/pygobject3/lib/python3.13/site-packages/gi/importer.py", line 147, in create_module
    dynamic_module = load_overrides(introspection_module)
  File "/opt/homebrew/opt/pygobject3/lib/python3.13/site-packages/gi/overrides/__init__.py", line 98, in load_overrides
    override_mod = importlib.import_module(override_package_name)
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.13/3.13.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/opt/pygobject3/lib/python3.13/site-packages/gi/overrides/GLib.py", line 37, in <module>
    from gi import _option as option
  File "/opt/homebrew/opt/pygobject3/lib/python3.13/site-packages/gi/_option.py", line 41, in <module>
    OPTION_CONTEXT_ERROR_QUARK = GLib.quark_to_string(GLib.option_error_quark())
                                                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
gi._error.GError: gi-invoke-error-quark: Could not locate g_option_error_quark: dlopen(libglib-2.0.0.dylib, 0x0009): Symbol not found: _g_libintl_bind_textdomain_codeset
  Referenced from: <F99456E6-69D9-3487-994E-9C02612D7D9E> /opt/homebrew/lib/libglib-2.0.0.dylib
  Expected in:     <9414C162-5CCC-3B6D-8A0D-C7C743F7FEC1> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/gettext/0.26/lib/libintl.8.dylib (1)

The error also happens when running virt-install without args:

% /opt/homebrew/bin/virt-install

(process:3390): GLib-GIRepository-WARNING **: 19:09:53.714: Failed to load shared library 'libgobject-2.0.0.dylib' referenced by the typelib: dlopen(libgobject-2.0.0.dylib, 0x0009): Symbol not found: _g_libintl_bind_textdomain_codeset
  Referenced from: <F99456E6-69D9-3487-994E-9C02612D7D9E> /opt/homebrew/lib/libglib-2.0.0.dylib
  Expected in:     <9414C162-5CCC-3B6D-8A0D-C7C743F7FEC1> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/gettext/0.26/lib/libintl.8.dylib

(process:3390): GLib-GIRepository-WARNING **: 19:09:53.715: Failed to load shared library 'libglib-2.0.0.dylib' referenced by the typelib: dlopen(libglib-2.0.0.dylib, 0x0009): Symbol not found: _g_libintl_bind_textdomain_codeset
  Referenced from: <F99456E6-69D9-3487-994E-9C02612D7D9E> /opt/homebrew/lib/libglib-2.0.0.dylib
  Expected in:     <9414C162-5CCC-3B6D-8A0D-C7C743F7FEC1> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/gettext/0.26/lib/libintl.8.dylib
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/homebrew/bin/virt-install", line 6, in <module>
    from virtinst import virtinstall
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/virt-manager/5.0.0_2/share/virt-manager/virtinst/__init__.py", line 48, in <module>
    from virtinst.osdict import OSDB
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/virt-manager/5.0.0_2/share/virt-manager/virtinst/osdict.py", line 13, in <module>
    from gi.repository import Libosinfo
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 921, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 813, in module_from_spec
  File "/opt/homebrew/opt/pygobject3/lib/python3.13/site-packages/gi/importer.py", line 146, in create_module
    importlib.import_module('gi.repository.' + dep.split("-")[0])
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.13/3.13.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 921, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 813, in module_from_spec
  File "/opt/homebrew/opt/pygobject3/lib/python3.13/site-packages/gi/importer.py", line 146, in create_module
    importlib.import_module('gi.repository.' + dep.split("-")[0])
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.13/3.13.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 921, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 813, in module_from_spec
  File "/opt/homebrew/opt/pygobject3/lib/python3.13/site-packages/gi/importer.py", line 147, in create_module
    dynamic_module = load_overrides(introspection_module)
  File "/opt/homebrew/opt/pygobject3/lib/python3.13/site-packages/gi/overrides/__init__.py", line 98, in load_overrides
    override_mod = importlib.import_module(override_package_name)
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.13/3.13.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/opt/pygobject3/lib/python3.13/site-packages/gi/overrides/GLib.py", line 37, in <module>
    from gi import _option as option
  File "/opt/homebrew/opt/pygobject3/lib/python3.13/site-packages/gi/_option.py", line 41, in <module>
    OPTION_CONTEXT_ERROR_QUARK = GLib.quark_to_string(GLib.option_error_quark())
                                                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
gi._error.GError: gi-invoke-error-quark: Could not locate g_option_error_quark: dlopen(libglib-2.0.0.dylib, 0x0009): Symbol not found: _g_libintl_bind_textdomain_codeset
  Referenced from: <F99456E6-69D9-3487-994E-9C02612D7D9E> /opt/homebrew/lib/libglib-2.0.0.dylib
  Expected in:     <9414C162-5CCC-3B6D-8A0D-C7C743F7FEC1> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/gettext/0.26/lib/libintl.8.dylib (1)

gromgit · 2025-07-28T08:48:54Z

gromgit
Jul 28, 2025

Your gettext install may be b0rked. brew reinstall gettext and try again.

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osalbahr Jul 28, 2025
Author

Still the same error.

gromgit Jul 28, 2025

What's the output of brew info gettext?

osalbahr Jul 28, 2025
Author

% brew info gettext
==> gettext: stable 0.26 (bottled)
GNU internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library
https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
Installed
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/gettext/0.26 (2,428 files, 28.2MB) *
  Poured from bottle using the formulae.brew.sh API on 2025-07-28 at 11:49:53
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/g/gettext.rb
License: GPL-3.0-or-later
==> Dependencies
Required: libunistring ✔
==> Analytics
install: 281,852 (30 days), 764,038 (90 days), 2,480,230 (365 days)
install-on-request: 21,539 (30 days), 57,083 (90 days), 161,804 (365 days)
build-error: 201 (30 days)

gromgit Jul 28, 2025

Sorry, misread the error. What's the output of brew info glib?

osalbahr Jul 28, 2025
Author

% brew info glib
==> glib: stable 2.84.3 (bottled)
Core application library for C
https://docs.gtk.org/glib/
Installed
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/glib/2.84.3 (504 files, 37.7MB) *
  Poured from bottle using the formulae.brew.sh API on 2025-06-15 at 18:51:43
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/g/glib.rb
License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
==> Dependencies
Build: bison ✘, gettext ✔, meson ✔, ninja ✔, pkgconf ✔, python-setuptools ✘, python@3.13 ✔
Required: pcre2 ✔, gettext ✔
==> Analytics
install: 190,904 (30 days), 701,704 (90 days), 3,077,495 (365 days)
install-on-request: 37,936 (30 days), 175,331 (90 days), 984,969 (365 days)
build-error: 322 (30 days)

osalbahr · 2025-07-30T16:26:55Z

osalbahr
Jul 30, 2025
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I'm not sure how I fixed it but reinstalling again and force re-linking seems to have fixed it.

https://chatgpt.com/share/688a478c-f598-8010-937f-08087fc70831

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