Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: libpng12-0
I've just installed the drivers for my Canon Pixma MP160 printer-scanner
from the Canon website. The drivers are in .rpm format, which I
converted to .deb with Alien.
When I ran the scanner program, it failed, citing a missing library. I
fixed the problem by creating a symlink from /usr/lib/libpng.so.3 to
/usr/lib/libpng12.so.0.27.0. The program now works perfectly.
The libpng12-2 package already installs a symlink from
/usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 to /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0.27.0. It would be good
if the symlink that I created could be in that package by default too.
Then other Canon users won't have the same problem.
Unless this would create a conflict with some other program, I think it
should be implemented in Intrepid before the end of the month. I'm
pretty sure that I used these same drivers on Hardy without tweaking, so
I suppose that the symlink must have been removed from the Intrepid
version. (I haven't checked.)
** Affects: libpng (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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libpng12-0 could do with an extra symlink for compatibility
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284325
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