Gtk-Message: 16:17:51.771: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"

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To whom it may concern,
when I run ./matlab on linux UBUNTU 18.4 LTS an error occours
Gtk-Message: 16:17:51.771: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
How can I solve this problem?
I hop hearing from you,
Victor
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Chen Wang
Chen Wang on 12 Oct 2019
I have installed everything these answers recommend. However, the problem is still there.

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reincornator
reincornator on 17 Jun 2020
Edited: reincornator on 17 Jun 2020
You must install:
sudo apt-get install packagekit-gtk3-module
and
sudo apt-get install libcanberra-gtk-module

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Jan Studnicka
Jan Studnicka on 16 Oct 2019
See bug reports:
"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."
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Robin T. Bye
Robin T. Bye on 16 Oct 2019
I have the problem with the canberra-gtk-module.
  1. The message is more then informational since it causes Matlab failing to start and a segmentation fault.
  2. The advice on the Mathworks bug report page replicates similar advice on various internet sites but does not work (same error despite installing the packages relating to the modules).
Jan Studnicka
Jan Studnicka on 16 Oct 2019
Your problem can be caused by something different. In my case this message appears and MATLAB starts normally.
I suggest you contact support:
www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us.html

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Brian Zelenke
Brian Zelenke on 23 May 2020
On Ubuntu this would be:
export GTK_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0
On RedHat (RHEL) this would be:
export GTK_PATH=/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/
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yoshitomo kaneda
yoshitomo kaneda on 28 Apr 2021
Thank you very much !!!
It works for my environment. (CentOS 7.9.2009)
Mark Thomas
Mark Thomas on 30 Jul 2021
This is the only change needed for MATLAB R2020a (Update 1 and Update 6) on CentOS 6.6 [yes, I know!]:
No need to play around with GTK 3.
Just add an /etc/profile.d/gtk2.sh script, setting:
GTK_PATH=/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0
export GTK_PATH
This lets MATLAB find the /usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/modules directory, which holds both modules.
BTW: I found the "R2020a_Update_1_Linux.iso" graphical installer would not run, so had to use ./install -inputFile <name> to do a scripted install. (The GUI opened OK, got to the "Enter File Installation Key" page but would not let me type into the FIK box or press the [Next] button.)
Applying this fix before running ./install might let the graphical installer run, too.

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