Footprint library won't open (error) any clues?/known issue?

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The error is:

kl. 11.09 +0200: Failed to load shared library ‘/usr/bin/_pcbnew.kiface’: libTKBO.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
kl. 11.09 +0200: Failed to load kiface library ‘/usr/bin/_pcbnew.kiface’.
kl. 11.09 +0200: Error loading editor.

Happens when I click the “bookshelf” in Symbol Fields Table:
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I have upgraded from PPA:

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Application: KiCad x86_64 on x86_64

Version: 8.0.5-8.0.5-0~ubuntu24.04.1, release build

Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.5
FreeType 2.13.3
HarfBuzz 8.3.0
FontConfig 2.15.0
libcurl/8.9.1 OpenSSL/3.3.1 zlib/1.3.1 brotli/1.1.0 zstd/1.5.6 libidn2/2.3.7 libpsl/0.21.2 libssh2/1.11.0 nghttp2/1.62.1 librtmp/2.3 OpenLDAP/2.6.8

Platform: Ubuntu 24.10, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, X11, ubuntu-xorg, x11
OpenGL: Intel, Mesa Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2), 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 24.2.3-1ubuntu1

Build Info:
Date: Sep 6 2024 21:35:42
wxWidgets: 3.2.4 (wchar_t,wx containers) GTK+ 3.24
Boost: 1.83.0
OCC: 7.6.3
Curl: 8.5.0
ngspice: 42
Compiler: GCC 13.2.0 with C++ ABI 1018

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This is some mismatch between binary (executable/library) files between packages, or some other kind of problem with incompatible binaries. But you are probably lucky:

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probaply caused by me adding kicad PPA after installing from Ubuntu repository. fixed by
apt purge kicad && apt install kicad

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