Where can I find package 'libpng12.so.0'?

Question

I have been using vmware horizon client on Ubuntu 16.04 but yesterday upgraded to 16.10(I regret that now :( ) since then vmware client is throwing the below error:

/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

I googled the same error and found this link and tried the answer 2(as answer 1 seemed to be more on why we get this error) mentioned there but I am still getting the same error.

I am thinking of reinstalling 16.04 LTS but just wanted to try my luck here..

Any help?

look at my comment here, Tested on my 16.10 64 bit install, no issues http://askubuntu.com/questions/838949/ubuntu-16-10-teamvieweri386-depends-on-libpng12-0#comment1283182_838949 — doug, Oct 18 '16 at 22:43
Try to check if it is there: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0 — Rohitt Vashishtha, Oct 19 '16 at 01:54
@GrannySez I tried your suggestion but I am getting this error: E: Package 'libpng12-0' has no installation candidate — javanoob, Oct 31 '16 at 06:11
@RohittVashishtha no it is available here /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu — javanoob, Oct 31 '16 at 06:13
@javanoob. It seems the package libpng12-0 is only available up to (and including) ubuntu 16.04, so if you are on 16.10 or later it is not available. In response to your issue about no installation candidate see a possible solution at https://askubuntu.com/questions/840257/e-package-libpng12-0-has-no-installation-candidate-ubuntu-16-10-gnome/840268 — GrannySez, Nov 01 '16 at 23:43
@DavidFoerster How is this duplicate? The question you tagged was asked 3 days after this one. How could anyone expect that :) — javanoob, May 03 '17 at 11:20
Age is irrelevant for duplication flags. What matters is that the (underlying) issue is the same or at least has the same solution(s) and that the linked question has "better" answers. — David Foerster, May 03 '17 at 11:30

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 02 '16 at 13:28

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It seems VMware actually ships libpng12.so.0 with the client. You can link to it with this command:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0

answered Nov 02 '16 at 13:28

user614359

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Which vmware product? – user3063045 Nov 29 '16 at 20:18
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There is no lib directory inside /usr/lib/vmware/ – javanoob Dec 06 '16 at 01:54
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This works for me sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng16.so.16 /usr/lib/vmware/libpng12.so.0 – Foton Feb 02 '17 at 09:25
Thanks ! Solved my problem for VMWare Horizon Client 4.6.0 on a Ubuntu 16.04 distro – FrancescoM Dec 13 '17 at 15:48

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 03 '17 at 11:11

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In Ubuntu 17.04 you can create these two symbolic links as a workaround.

sudo ln -s libudev.so /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.0
sudo ln -s libpng16.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0

edited May 03 '17 at 11:11

Zanna

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answered May 03 '17 at 07:32

Seccom.nl

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where do you put these symlinks? – svandragt Nov 10 '17 at 10:51
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This doesn’t really help if libpng12 is expected: libpng12.so.0: version 'PNG12_0' not found – rumpel Jan 07 '18 at 07:23

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 30 '17 at 15:36

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I tried linking the VMware provided libpng12.so.0 file and still got the lib dependency issue. Installing the DEB files directly did resolve it though:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/amd64/libpng12-0/download http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/i386/libpng12-0/download

answered Mar 30 '17 at 15:36

Karl

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Could you add how to install them? Did you run sudo apt install -f afterwards? – Zanna Mar 30 '17 at 16:01

Where can I find package 'libpng12.so.0'?

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