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E: Package 'libpng12-0' has no installation candidate [ubuntu 16.10 Gnome]

I tried to install WPS Office on my laptop (ubuntu 16.10 Gnome, 64 bit) with Gdebi installer but it said Dependency is not satisfiable: libpng12-0 Then I tried to open this library as follows sudo apt-get install libpng12-0 But I encountered an…
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How to correctly install libpng12-0 on the Ubuntu 19.10?

For ScreenLets application I need to install libpng12-0 package on the Ubuntu 19.10 system. I know that it is available only for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. So I have decided to download this package manually and install it by hand. On previous Ubuntu…
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Libpng12 needed for 17.10

Blackmagic Design's Resolve video editor, V14.0.1, requires libpng12. Unfortunately, only libpng16 is provided with the new 17.10 release. Is there a way to revert to libpng12 under 17.10? If so, how do I get libpng12 - synaptic doesn't list it…
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What is simplest process to get ImageMagick 7 with PNG support on Ubuntu?

I've tried to find a simple explanation for several hours but I just can't seem to find anything useful. I'm primarily a Windows programmer with some experience with Linux-based OSes. For some reason doing apt install imagemagick only gives me a…
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Troubles with libpng12.so.0 - no version information available?

I downloaded GMAT and ran it according to the instructions: $ ./GMAT-R2018a ./GMAT-R2018a: error while loading shared libraries: libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory So I thought libpng was missing. So I…
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Install libpng12 on ubuntu 22.04

I need to install lipng12-0 on ubuntu 22.04 to make an old Canon printer work. On 20.04, I followed the instructions given here : How to correctly install libpng12-0 on the Ubuntu 19.10? But it seems to no longer work for ubuntu 22.04. Any ideas to…
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E: Package 'libpng12-0' has no installation candidate (Ubuntu 17.04)

When I run: sudo apt-get install libpng12-0, I get this error message: 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…
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Stata 14 fails to start on Ubuntu 16.10/17.04/17.10, with "libpng12.so.0" error. How do I install libpng12?

The proprietary software Stata version 14 works fine on LTS 16.04, but I made the mistake of upgrading Ubuntu to 16.10 without thinking about the possibility that proprietary software (Stata is my only one) might break. I can't downgrade. Stata…
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Unmet dependencies libpng++-dev

I try to (re)install libpng++-dev, but i got this error message: [...] The following packages have unmet dependencies: libpng++-dev : Depends: libpng-dev E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. I tried to handle it like…
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stata very slow to plot graphs in Ubuntu and others Debian based distro (elementary, debian)

For those who have tried to use stata under linux, probably already encountered some issues related to the icons and libpng12 library... while I could get those fixed and stata starts normally and display the icons, somehow, stata takes really long…
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Wrong library version used (libpng)

I installed a long time ago the libpng12-dev package with the apt-get command. It installed libpng-1.2.54. But now I have a project that require the libpng-1.6.16 version. Since it's not available on a ppa I did the following : I uninstalled the…
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How to check if libpng and png++ is installed

How do I check if png++ and libpng is installed in Ubuntu? I am trying to compile this code and the readme says libpng and png++ are required: SPS-Stereo: Slanted Plane Smoothing Stereo SPS-Stereo is a dense stereo method employing a slanted plane…
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Cannot install libpng*?

(this blocks the installation of the R package 'png') When I do: sudo apt-get install libpng* I get: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package…
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Why is vim.gtk3 looking for libpng12 on Ubuntu 22.4?

After upgrading Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (jammy), /bin/vim.gtk3, from the vim-gtk3 package won't run any more: $ /bin/vim.gtk3 vim.gtk3: error while loading shared libraries: libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file…
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How to install libpng12-0 in Ubuntu20.10

I tried to install libpng12 on Ubuntu, but all failed. I tried sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/libpng12，But the problem arises when I enter sudo apt install libpng12-0 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading…
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