feh WARNING: abc.png - No Imlib2 loader for that file format

Sun, 01 Sep 2019 16:00:52 +1000

As the title says, I cannot use feh to open a PNG image. feh on this machine can’t open a JPG image either. Let’s see what’s wrong.

I should notice that this problem occured on a machine running Gentoo. :D

First, let’s check if feh is installed using my favorite tool called eix:

~ ❯❯❯ eix feh
[I] media-gfx/feh
     Available versions:  3.1.1 ~3.1.3 ~3.2 ~3.2.1^t {curl debug exif test xinerama}
     Installed versions:  3.1.1(11:11:04 PM 04/14/2019)(-curl -debug -exif -test -xinerama)
     Homepage:            https://feh.finalrewind.org/
     Description:         A fast, lightweight imageviewer using imlib2

According to the above information, feh:3.1.1 is already installed. It also mentions that feh use imlib2 library.

Imlib2 on Kenno's Open Note

feh WARNING: abc.png - No Imlib2 loader for that file format