glibc pdfium.so in v0.9.1.4 of kavita-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz

Author: 606uCreated Sep 7, 2026Updated Sep 7, 2026

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What happened?

PDF files lack thumbnails. Probable reason -- incorrect pdfium.so shipped in the musl release.

kavita:/opt/Kavita# ldd pdfium.so
        /lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1 (0x7f5a02663000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1 (0x7f5a02663000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1 (0x7f5a02663000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x7f5a0262f000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1 (0x7f5a02663000)
Error loading shared library ld-linux-x86-64.so.2: No such file or directory (needed by pdfium.so)
Error relocating pdfium.so-glibc: __vsnprintf_chk: symbol not found
Error relocating pdfium.so-glibc: __memset_chk: symbol not found
Error relocating pdfium.so-glibc: __memcpy_chk: symbol not found
Error relocating pdfium.so-glibc: __longjmp_chk: symbol not found
Error relocating pdfium.so-glibc: __mbrlen: symbol not found
Error relocating pdfium.so-glibc: strtoll_l: symbol not found
Error relocating pdfium.so-glibc: strtoull_l: symbol not found
Error relocating pdfium.so-glibc: __strncat_chk: symbol not found
Error relocating pdfium.so-glibc: __register_atfork: symbol not found

Manual fix: replace pdfium.so with libpdfium.so from PDFium 118.0.5989.0, downloaded from https://github.com/bblanchon/pdfium-binaries/releases/tag/chromium%2F5989, pdfium-linux-musl-x64.tgz, guessed by file date.

With a replaced shared library:

kavita:/opt/Kavita# ldd pdfium.so
        /lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1 (0x7f5ffdfb7000)
        libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x7f5ffd600000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x7f5ffdf83000)
        libc.so => /lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1 (0x7f5ffdfb7000)

What did you expect?

In the long run it would be best if Kavita's musl binary release contains the correct pdfium.so, namely musl version.

Kavita Version Number - If you don't see your version number listed, please update Kavita and see if your issue still persists.

0.9.1 - Stable

Are you accessing kavita through a reverse proxy? If yes, confirm that the issue persists with a direct connection

What operating system is Kavita being hosted from?

Linux

If the issue is being seen on Desktop, what OS are you running where you see the issue?

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If the issue is being seen in the UI, what browsers are you seeing the problem on?

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If the issue is being seen on Mobile, what OS are you running where you see the issue?

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If the issue is being seen on the Mobile UI, what browsers are you seeing the problem on?

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Relevant log output

bash

Additional Notes

Deployed on a VM running Alpine 3.24.1 (alpine-virt-3.24.1-x86_64.iso) under FreeBSD 15.1 bhyve.

Source: Kareadita/Kavita

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