Gtk-Message: 10:32:31.466: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"

I installed matlab 2019a with update3 on ubuntu 16.04 64bit. When I run matlab, I got output: Gtk-Message: 10:32:31.466: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module".

How to sort this problem.

Thanks in advance.

[Rica Constantinescu]

sudo apt-get install libcanberra-gtk*

[Zachary LaFlair]

For anyone still bashing their heads off the wall in 2020 on R2020b. I'm using Arch Linux on Gnome Xorg. Currently patched at Kernel 5.9.8. I installed from the MATLAB website and created a folder with user permissions in the default install folder. Then ran ./install.

Here's what i used.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/java#GTK3_Support

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MATLAB#Installing_from_the_MATLAB_installation_software

I first had to install gtk-2 package from the official arch repos.

sudo pacman -S gtk-2 %it might have worked after this if i didn't mess with my java install so much trying to make it work

Next i had to rollback my java version...

java --version %I had absolutely blown away my java install at this point and grabbed many packages from AUR to no avail so i got the official repo package
sudo pacman -S jre8-openjdk % Installs java
sudo pacman -S jdk8-openjdk % Installs java

Finally set matlab to open with my known good/supported version

export MATLAB_JAVA=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk/jre
matlab %%opens MATLAB window without issues or failures
% I can and did plot a polynomial just to make it work
% First plot polynomial code that shows up on google.
y_1 = @(x) -0.6729+4.8266*x-0.4855*x.^2+0.0312*x.^3
x_1 = 0:0.1:33.5;
plot(x_1,y_1(x_1))

[Dean]

See comment below -- The response from Angel Palacios-Marin was key.

[Michael Levy]

This is not working for me. When I type MATLAB from linux Ubuntu command window, what appears is failed ot load module "canberra-gtk-module" I follow the instructions in

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_env/remove-canberra-gtk-module-and-pk-gtk-module-messages.html

however, in my /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu folder I see gtk-2.0, gtk-3.0, and gtk-4.0 . Which of these am I supposed to use????

Moving on, the answer here is a bit dated and overly specific without explaining how to generalize.

For example, I write export MATLAB_JAVA=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.21.0-openjdk-amd64

This is because when I try to find where my ---- (I do not know is it is abin file? a run file? execuatable file? nonone tells)

The reason I type that is because from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5251323/where-can-i-find-the-java-sdk-in-linux-after-installing-it I see that update-java-alternatives -l will tell you which java implementation is the default for your system and where in the filesystem it is installed.

I need help. Please MATLAB help me

Answer 1

[Angel Palacios-Marin]

So the answer is in a terminal excecute the following

sudo apt-get install libcanberra-gtk* libgconf-2-4

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/modules/libcanberra-gtk-module.so /usr/lib/libcanberra-gtk-module.so

The second line will create a link to the module. Matlab works with gtk-2.0 module. For other linux distributions follow this.

Problem solved, at least for me.

[James Herman]

Thank you! This worked for me on Ubuntu 22.04 with R2022a.

[yassine keb]

had the same issue ubuntu 18.04 matlab 2021b, and this solved it, thank you!

[Bibek Dhakal]

Worked for me. Thanks!

[Alireza]

Thanks!

[abdullah mamun]

Thanks a lot. Worked for me.

[Rishabh]

Works (Ubuntu, MATLAB R2022a)

[Rizal ICHWANSYAH]

WORKS!! Ubuntu 18.04, MATLAB R2022a

[Rizal ICHWANSYAH]

and STILL works for matlab R2022b

[Rahul]

it worked, thanks

[Shashank Verma]

It worked for me. Thanks

[Youwei CAO]

Cool it successfully worked!!!! I have searched for 1h for the solution and it is the ONLY ONE who works.

Thank you !

[Jose Vidal-Nunez]

It also worked in Ubuntu 22.04 with Mathlab 2022b. Thanks so much.

[Apratim Majumder]

It also works in Ubuntu 22.04 with Matlab 2023a.

:-D Thanks!

[Giuseppe]

it works in Ubuntu 22.04 with Matlab 2023a. great

[Larry Godwin]

Thank you so much. It works for Matlab 2023a.

[Rizhong Lin]

Thank you very much! It works on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS with Matlab 2022b.

[Ali]

thank you

[嘉祯]

Thank you very much! It also works on Ubuntu20.04 with Matlab 2024a

[Terje Sparengen]

Thanks!

It works on Ubuntu22.04 with matlab R2020a

[Caio Lima]

Thank you!

It works on Ubuntu 22.04 too with Matlab R2021a

[Dean]

Works for me ... MATLAB 2023b, Ubuntu / Pop_OS 22.04

[Rezim]

worked. MATLAB 2024a, Ubuntu 22.04

Thanks man..!!

[Nithin]

Worked for MATLAB R2024b.

Thank you.

[Hao]

Worked for MATLAB R2024b, Ubuntu 24.04.

Thank you.

[chaoliang]

Worked for matlab 2022b. But we use the command of 'sudo apt-get -y install libcanberra-gtk-module' to install libcanberra-gtk. The second step is important. Don't forget to create link under /usr/lib directory using the command uppon. If the Linux version and related gtk version is different, you should check it under the /usr/lib/*-linux-gnu/gtk-*.

Answer 2

[Scott Minkin]

I believe the canberra-gtk-module messages have no detrimental effect on MATLAB and can be ignored, but having said that...

To run MATLAB R2019a or R2019b on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS without the canberra-gtk-message:

You have three environmental variables that need to be set before running matlab

export GTK_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0
export LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0
export GIO_EXTRA_MODULES=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gio/modules

OR you can run matlab in the bash shell by typing:

$ GTK_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0 LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 GIO_EXTRA_MODULES=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gio/modules /usr/local/MATLAB/R2019a/bin/matlab

----

To run R2019a on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS without the canberra-gtk-message:

You need to install libcanberra-gtk-module and libgconf-2-4

You don't need to set any environmental variables.

----

To run R2019b on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS without the canberra-gtk-message:

you need to install libcanberra-gtk-module

You have one environmental variable that needs to be set before running matlab:

export GTK_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0

OR you can run matlab in the bash shell by typing:

$ GTK_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0 /usr/local/MATLAB/R2019b/bin/matlab

Good luck.

[LeChat]

I am running Matlab R2019b on Ubuntu 19.10 and this solved my issue. Thank you!

I ran the following command in my terminal:

export GTK_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0

Now when I run Matlab the canberra message is no longer displayed.

However I still have the following message appearing in my Terminal:

[0210/125521.960859:INFO:context.cpp(159)] Using multi-threaded message loop for Linux

Any ideas how to get rid of this?

[Brian Zelenke]

To run MATLAB R2020a on RedHat (RHEL) 8.2 without either the canberra-gtk-module or pk-gtk-module "failed to load module" warnings, setting just one environmental variable before running MATLAB fixed both warnings:

export GTK_PATH=/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/

[Walter Roberson]

SREEJITH V S comments to LeChat:

This worked for me

[Paul Galloux]

We have this messages with matlab 2020a ubuntu 18.04 :

Gtk-Message: 12:35:22.680: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar"

Gtk-Message: 12:35:22.685: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"

and the command lines :

GTK_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0 LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 /usr/local/bin/matlab

or :

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/modules:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 /usr/local/bin/matlab

solve this for us.

precisions : overlay-scrollbar and libcanberra-gtk-module had been already installed before the messages (sudo apt install overlay-scrollbar overlay-scrollbar-gtk2 libcanberra-gtk-module)

many thanks for the tip

[ubaidulla]

This worked for me on ubuntu 20.04; Thank you

[Julija Bucar]

solution on arch was to export and set GTK_PATH to matlab executable

Answer 3

[Xiao Wang]

I did: sudo apt-get install libcanberra-gtk-module libcanberra-gtk0. But the error message is still there.

[Pedro Tareco]

This solved it for me. Thanks!

[Seth Wagenman]

I did the install followed by:

export GTK_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0

Now the message is gone completely.

[Adam]

Same. Good solution.

[seager1989]

I also did the:

export GTK_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0

. Fixed, Thank you

[francisco borja sanz martinez]

It fix the report in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS but when you use this then after you close matlab you have also stop the program in the terminal with <CTRL + C>

[Greg Fichter]

Thanks, this works with R2021a in Ubuntu 20.04.

[Kamal Lamichhane]

export GTK_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0 worked me too with MatlabR2020b and Ubuntu20.04. Thanks @seager1989!

[Ada Görgün]

export GTK_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0 worked for me too with MatlabR2020b and Ubuntu 18.04. Thanks everyone!

[Mark Thomas]

export GTK_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0

(and .../gtk-2.0) worked for me with MATLAB R2020b Update 6 and Ubuntu 21.04. Many thanks.

and...

export GTK_PATH=/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0

worked with MATLAB R2020a Update 6 on CentOS 6.

[Maximilian Nentwich]

export GTK_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0

for MATLAB R2021a Update 4 and Ubuntu 20.04

Thank you!

[Tim Divett]

worked for me, thanks

[Savindi]

Worked for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with MATLAB R2024a

Answer 4

[Jan Studnicka]

See bug reports:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/bugreports/details/1995075

"On some Linux distributions, a message appears in the terminal window when starting MATLAB:

Gtk-Message: <timestamp>: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"

and/or

Gtk-Message: <timestamp>: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module"

This message is informational and has no effect on MATLAB."

[Rachel Clark]

It doesn't have an effect on MATLAB but it disables your terminal as the process keeps running whilst MATLAB is open

[Robert Eng]

I tried the work around suggested in the "bug report" from the above link. Did not fix the problem. I can use the matlab as is with the error but irritating to keep the terminal open and running otherwise Matlab closes

[Nour]

worked for me, thanks !

Answer 5

[Frederico Azevedo]

I had the same error with my R2019b installation in ubuntu 19.10. After I installed the module with "sudo apt install libcanberra-gtk-module -y", if I call matlab from the command line with the cmd "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/modules:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/bin/matlab", the error message doesn't appear anymore.

[Kefan Yu]

It works on R2021a Ubuntu20.04.

[Estefania Murcia Lozano]

Very thankfull.

Answer 6

[Kehelwala Dewage Gayan Maduranga]

I am installing matlab R2020b on Ubuntu 18.04 and having this error

Gtk-Message: 17:15:55.104: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"

[Mehdi Zouari]

same

[Anyun Sharma]

Same

[Anyun Sharma]

Pls help

[Mohamed Ibrahim]

same on ubuntu 20.04

[ARJUN YADAV]

same (ubuntu 20.04 LTS)

[Rob Kudyba]

same on Fedora 33 and Matlab 2021A

[Imad Abied]

same on Ubuntu 20.04 and Matlab R2021A

[Paul Galloux]

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/modules:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

before to launch matlab or put this line in your .bashrc

solve-it for me ub20.04

Answer 7

[Chen Wang]

I have encountered the same problem....

[Chen Wang]

I have installed everything but the problem is still there.

Answer 8

[Chen Wang]

Finally I solve this problem by change from 2019b to 2019a. The error message disappear. There must be something wrong with 2019b's Linux version.

Answer 9

[Alex Pedcenko]

this is not the "problem"

Answer 10

[LeChat]

It had the same message and then I followed @Scott Minkin recommandation and I still have a message, but a different one:

me@myPC:~$ matlab &
[1] 22115
me@myPC:~$ Gtk-Message: 17:29:07.572: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
[0116/172911.622390:INFO:context.cpp(159)] Using multi-threaded message loop for Linux

me@myPC:~$ export GTK_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0
[1]+  Done                    matlab
me@myPC:~$ matlab &
[1] 29896
me@myPC:~$ [0116/173302.576327:INFO:context.cpp(159)] Using multi-threaded message loop for Linux

I then tried this:

me@myPC:~$ sudo apt install libcanberra-gtk-module libcanberra-gtk3-module
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
libcanberra-gtk3-module is already the newest version (0.30-7ubuntu1).
libcanberra-gtk-module is already the newest version (0.30-7ubuntu1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 13 not upgraded.
me@myPC:~$ matlab &
[2] 7532
me@myPC:~$ [0116/173838.654136:INFO:context.cpp(159)] Using multi-threaded message loop for Linux

In both case Matlab 2019b is launched as expected but I am wondering if everything is ok because of the messages I keep having in the Terminal.

I am running Ubuntu 19.10. Thank you for your expertise.

[Manuel Mercier]

I am running Matlab R2020a on 19.10 and also experiencing:

Gtk-Message: 11:36:25.279: Failed to load module "appmenu-gtk-module"

Gtk-Message: 11:36:25.286: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"

Gtk-Message: 11:36:25.287: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module"

When I do the call

$ GTK_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0 matlab

only the last error message shows up.

Of course I did update the package to the last version and so on...

So far I did not see any related bug while running matlab scripts. Still it would be reinsurring to see the Matlab crew taking care of this issue.

[Scott Minkin]

Not sure why the pk-gtk-module warning is coming up. What is the value of $GTK_MODULES? And can you try blanking it out by setting GTK_MODULES=

GTK_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0 GTK_MODULES= matlab

Good luck.

--Scott

[Manuel Mercier]

GTK_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0 GTK_MODULES = matlab

launch Matlab, and display

Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module"

in the console

Answer 11

[Burcin Arici]

I also get the same error message while running

Gtk-Message: 04:38:48.679: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"

for Matlab R2020a on Ubuntu 19.10, it works slower than R2019b but untill now, during running the program, it does not give an another error.

Answer 12

[Chase Philport]

Also having this error with my install

Answer 13

[Leonardo]

Had the same problem on EndeavourOS (Arch-based). By looking through yay I saw that libcanberra was actually installed, but running again

yay -S libcanberra

solved the problem apparently. I have been using MATLAB R2024b Revision 5.