Missing libpng12 in Ubuntu 17 or newer

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Joachim 2018-06-22 10:39:59

Problem

Only Linux! The analyzer program does not start and shows an unresolved libpng12.so.0 error when executing from within a terminal. This issue was solved in the analyzer version 4.6.1, see our analyzer changelog If you still depend on an older analyzer software, here

Solution

Ubuntu dropped the libpng12 with version 16.10 and software like the analyzer program which are not built with the newer libpng16 fails to start. To fix the issue download and install the missing libpng12-0 package for your architecture from here:

After installing the libpng12-0 deb downloaded by using the link above you should be able to run the analyzer program on your Ubuntu system.

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