Re: Trying to use SP Flash Tool (Mediatek), latest version requires libpng12-0, which is not available

[kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 10:34 PM, Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm running Buster (testing), and trying to set up the SP Flash
> Tool. I downloaded the archive
> (https://spflashtools.com/linux/sp-flash-tool-v5-1828-for-linux)
> and unzipped it (it doesn't require installation), but when I
> try to start the program I'm informed:
>
>     error while loading shared libraries: libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared
> object file: No such file or directory

There is no package in buster that provides libpng12.so.0 . The
libpng12-dev is also not available in testing. It was there in Jessie
(oldstable).

% rmadison libpng12-dev
libpng12-dev | 1.2.49-1+deb7u2         | oldoldstable
      | amd64, armel, armhf, i386, ia64, kfreebsd-amd64,
kfreebsd-i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, s390x, sparc
libpng12-dev | 1.2.50-2+b2             | oldstable-kfreebsd
      | kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386
libpng12-dev | 1.2.50-2+deb8u2~kbsd8u1 |
oldstable-kfreebsd-proposed-updates | kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386
libpng12-dev | 1.2.50-2+deb8u3         | oldstable
      | amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc,
ppc64el, s390x


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