Missing libpng12.so.0

effo · 2017/01/25, 19:23:23

To access the VDI I use at work, I am expected to use VMWare Horizont Client. It is available here. According to this article in Debian wiki it should be possible to run the client on Debian. I have downloaded the bin and run it. When I try to run the viewer, I end up with this in the shell:

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usr/lib/vmware/view/bin/vmware-view: error while loading shared libraries: libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Also, I have symlinked libudev.so.0 as described in the article

Where do I find libpng12.so.0 ?

melmarker · 2017/01/25, 19:27:26

in der libpng12-0

effo · 2017/01/25, 20:12:37

Thanks, I actually tried that without success:

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root@siductionbox:~# apt-cache search libpng12-0 
root@siductionbox:~# 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 
root@siductionbox:~#

devil · 2017/01/25, 20:33:58

You will need to get that through debports.
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libpng12-0&searchon=names&suite=unstable&section=all

melmarker · 2017/01/25, 22:21:18

nu ja - in stable isses drin, ob es allerdings ne sonderlich clevere idee ist, dass in ein laufendes sid zu mixen - aber im allgemeinen brauchts ja nur die binaries und nicht die -dev's

effo · 2017/01/26, 17:23:01

Google translates this to "I'm not sure if it's a good idea, but it's not a good idea"

I'll give it a try anyway...

devil · 2017/01/26, 19:31:17

I would go with debports.

effo · 2017/01/30, 17:02:33

I don't know if I'm doing this correct. Trying to follow this instruction

Add deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main to sources list
Run apt-get update, I see
Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org/debian jessie-backports InRelease [166 kB]
Run apt-get -t jessie-backports install libpng12-0, I still end up with

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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

searching at packages.debian.org ends up with this list

melmarker · 2017/01/30, 17:42:47

try the simple jessie (stable) repros

effo · 2017/01/30, 19:10:50

Thanks, that did the trick!

devil · 2017/01/30, 20:43:36

Debports are not the same as backports: https://www.ports.debian.org/archive

towo · 2017/01/30, 20:53:56

But on debports you will not find any i386 or amd64 deb.

devil · 2017/01/30, 21:45:04

You are right, I misread arm for amd