On 18/09/18 14:34, Carl Fink wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running Buster (testing), and trying to set up the SP Flash > Tool. I downloaded the archive > (https://spflashtools.com/linux/sp-flash-tool-v5-1828-for-linux) > and unzipped it (it doesn't require installation), but when I > try to start the program I'm informed: > > error while loading shared libraries: libpng12.so.0: cannot open > shared object file: No such file or directory > > OK, but apt says: > > root@debian-nitpicking:/etc/udev/rules.d# apt-get install libpng12-dev > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Package libpng12-dev is not available, but is referred to by another > package. > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or > is only available from another source > > E: Package 'libpng12-dev' has no installation candidate > root@debian-nitpicking:/etc/udev/rules.d# apt-get install libpng12-0 > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Package libpng12-0 is not available, but is referred to by another > package. > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or > is only available from another source > > E: Package 'libpng12-0' has no installation candidate > > OK ... I did search for and find others who had this problem, but > they all boiled down to "The package is not available for your > distro version." > > So would I have to build from source? Any other ideas? > > (Yo, Mediatek--stop requiring old libraries unless you build > static!)
You could try installing the jessie package? Richard
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