I got this issue below after a late update. Figured out it can be solved by a rebuild of python2-gobject2 which I do not see in the dependency list but maybe is an indirect dependency? Anyway just thought I'd inform anyone else who encounters the same issue.
% gtk-recordMyDesktop
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/bin/gtk-recordMyDesktop", line 37, in <module>
from recordMyDesktop import rmdSimple
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/recordMyDesktop/rmdSimple.py", line 30, in <module>
import gtk
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 30, in <module>
import gobject as _gobject
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/__init__.py", line 47, in <module>
from gobject.constants import *
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/constants.py", line 24, in <module>
import gobject._gobject
ImportError: libffi.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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dpeukert commented on 2020-07-26 09:47 (UTC) (edited on 2020-09-26 17:56 (UTC) by dpeukert)
The PKGBUILD for this package is hosted here (contributions are welcome!): https://gitlab.com/dpeukert/pkgbuilds/tree/main/gtk-recordmydesktop