Subject: bug#43388: sxiv gif support is not working

From: Timotej Lazar <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 08:36:39 +0200

"bdju" via Bug reports for GNU Guix <[email-masked]> [2020-09-13 17:08:21-0500]:
> You should be able to run `sxiv -a filename.gif` to view gifs, but I
> just get an error:
> sxiv: /home/user/picture.gif: Error opening image

I tried [1] and it works with `sxiv -a` here. What does `file picture.gif` say for your file?

[1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Rotating_earth.gif