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))

[Sam Karan]

The error message "Gtk-Message: Failed to load module 'canberra-gtk-module'" indicates that the GTK library is unable to load the "canberra-gtk-module" module. This module is related to the GNOME Sound Theme support and is often used for playing sound events in GTK applications.

To resolve this issue, you can do one of the following:

1. Install the 'libcanberra-gtk-module' package:Depending on your Linux distribution, you can install the required package. For example, on Debian-based systems (such as Ubuntu), you can use the following command:

sudo apt-get install libcanberra-gtk-module

On Red Hat-based systems (such as Fedora), you can use:

1. sudo dnf install libcanberra-gtk2 libcanberra-gtk3

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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

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

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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.

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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

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