#377 Dependency error: libpng12 not available in Debian Stable

[T.J. Pinkert]

Upon installing the precompiled brlcad_7.26.4-0_amd64.deb package on Debian Stable I get the dependency error:

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of brlcad:
brlcad depends on libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4); however:
Package libpng12-0 is not installed.

It turns out the libpng is already at version 16-x... Would be nice if it could be fixed in the dependency list.

best regards, Tjeerd

[Sean Morrison]

Tjeerd, thank you for the report. We need to roll out a new .deb with updated info, but the dependency error doesn't quite make sense to me. The dependency says it needs to be >= 1.2.13-4 and you have a 1.6.something installed -- that should satisfy the dependency. Perhaps debian's package manager only allows it to match patch revisions (i.e., only a 1.2 libpng)?

Either way, our next release coming next week is linked against 1.6 so it should be resolved already. Workaround will be to compile from a source checkout.