Issue with libp11

[corygoates]

System Details

I'm running Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon 64-bit.

Problems Description

When trying to run Paraview through through the Python interface, I get the following error:

ImportError: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libp11-kit.so.0: undefined symbol: ffi_type_pointer, version LIBFFI_BASE_7.0

I've reinstalled libffi7 multiple times.

[yantaozhao]

Similar problem with libffi version(3.4.4) in conda environment on ubuntu20.04LTS.

To solve the problem, you can downgrade libffi version. In case you use conda:

conda install -c conda-forge libffi=3.4.2

it works.