On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 02:08:59PM +0000, Curt wrote:
> I read Greg W's theory regarding this error, but then saw this
> thread
>
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/331803/cannot-install-libpng12-0-on-debian/331975
>
> in which an unfortunate user fails to install the Jessie version of the
> package in question (in Stretch), encountering the same (or very
> similar) error as you did (the reasons for which escape my
> understanding, however, so sadly no help from this quarter on that
> score, except to say the OP of the thread above went back to Wheezy for
> his libpng12.so.0 with success).
OK, I do not understand this at all. I've got a stretch system here
with jessie's libpng12-0 package installed. However, I do not know
whether this system was installed as jessie and then upgraded, or
installed as stretch, and then the package added later.
wooledg:~$ cat /etc/debian_version
9.5
wooledg:~$ dpkg -l libpng\* | cat
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-=================-===============-============-===================================
ii libpng12-0:amd64 1.2.50-2+deb8u3 amd64 PNG library - runtime
un libpng12-dev <none> <none> (no description available)
ii libpng16-16:amd64 1.6.28-1 amd64 PNG library - runtime
(version 1.6)
wooledg:~$ ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 Jan 6 2017 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0
-> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0
wooledg:~$ dpkg -l | grep deb8
ii libdns-export100 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u10
amd64 Exported DNS Shared Library
ii libhogweed2:amd64 2.7.1-5+deb8u2
amd64 low level cryptographic library (public-key cryptos)
ii libicu52:amd64 52.1-8+deb8u4
amd64 International Components for Unicode
ii libirs-export91 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u10
amd64 Exported IRS Shared Library
ii libisc-export95 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u10
amd64 Exported ISC Shared Library
rc libisc95 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u10
amd64 ISC Shared Library used by BIND
rc libisccc90 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u10
amd64 Command Channel Library used by BIND
ii libisccfg-export90 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u10
amd64 Exported ISC CFG Shared Library
rc libjasper1:amd64 1.900.1-debian1-2.4+deb8u3
amd64 JasPer JPEG-2000 runtime library
rc liblwres90 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u10
amd64 Lightweight Resolver Library used by BIND
ii libnettle4:amd64 2.7.1-5+deb8u2
amd64 low level cryptographic library (symmetric and one-way cryptos)
ii libpng12-0:amd64 1.2.50-2+deb8u3
amd64 PNG library - runtime
ii libssl1.0.0:amd64 1.0.1t-1+deb8u6
amd64 Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - shared libraries
rc libxapian22 1.2.19-1+deb8u1
amd64 Search engine library
rc perl-modules 5.20.2-3+deb8u6 all
Core Perl modules
That seems like a rather nontrivial number of jessie updates (deb8),
mostly removed, so maybe this was originally a jessie system? I don't
know.
Of course, if all else fails, you can grab the jessie .deb file, unpack
it manually in /tmp (or wherever you like), copy the shared library files
to where they're supposed to be, create the symlinks that are supposed
to be created, and run ldconfig.
If you're feeling especially bold, you could even try to install the
.deb package *after* that. Maybe having the files and symlinks already
in place will somehow help it along.
