Strange files in the root preventing an upgrade

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The Basics

  • Nextcloud Server version (e.g., 29.x.x):
    • 33.0.3
  • Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04):
    • Linux
  • Web server and version (e.g, Apache 2.4.25):
    • Apache
  • Reverse proxy and version _(e.g. nginx 1.27.2)
    • nginx
  • PHP version (e.g, 8.3):
    • 8.14
  • Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Yes / No):
    • no
  • When did this problem seem to first start?
    • everytime I attempt server update
  • Installation method (e.g. AlO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.)
    • plesk
  • Are you using CloudfIare, mod_security, or similar? (Yes / No)
    • no
Betriebssystem: Linux 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.x86_64 x86_64
Prozessor: AMD EPYC 7402P 24-Core Processor (48 Threads)
Speicher: 251.67 GB
Serverzeit: Wed May 6 16:01:17 CEST 2026
Betriebszeit: 446 Tage, 8 Stunden, 13 Minuten, 56 Sekunden

Summary of the issue you are facing:

Number files created in root containing

sh: inkscape: command not found

Steps to replicate it (hint: details matter!):

  1. Happens immediately after update

Log entries

Nextcloud

Please provide the log entries from your Nextcloud log that are generated during the time of problem (via the Copy raw option from Administration settings->Logging screen or from your nextcloud.log located in your data directory). Feel free to use a pastebin/gist service if necessary.

None
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Search the forum for “inkscape”. It’s likely an environment configuration matter external to Nextcloud itself.

e.g. Still strange files in the installation root. Inkscape-ImageMagick - #5 by pmhausen

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Thanks. It is in fact a shared hosting where I have little access to the actual server. I wonder what could write these files. The appeared quite literaly under my nose after a NC server upgrade to 33.0.3

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It’s ImageMagick. The configuration is on the host system. Your provider may have to handle it from the sounds of it l.