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#1 2013-05-26 09:32:12
- dineshswamy
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[SOLVED] "libpng15.so not found " says all packages in my system
every pacakges from evince to libre office stopped working and says , chrome to firefox
libpng15.so.15: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
but when i remove and installed firefox it worked .
how can i reinstall all the packages ?
help me out .
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#2 2013-05-26 09:37:48
- karol
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Re: [SOLVED] "libpng15.so not found " says all packages in my system
Update your system (using up to date servers) and try again.
Search the forums as this topic came up recently quite a few times.
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#3 2013-05-26 09:45:08
- dineshswamy
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Re: [SOLVED] "libpng15.so not found " says all packages in my system
thanks for the quick reply . let me know if you find anything similar . and how to do a system update without crashing ?
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#4 2013-05-26 10:01:53
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Re: [SOLVED] "libpng15.so not found " says all packages in my system
how to do a system update without crashing ?
Tell us what have you tried and what was the outcome - post the error messages etc.
You can first tell us how did you break your system, as you have probably updated it only partially.
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#5 2013-05-26 10:21:52
- dineshswamy
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Re: [SOLVED] "libpng15.so not found " says all packages in my system
i tried installing VLC it asked for a new version of QT . and i went to update that and accidentally ended with libpng15.so missing .
first my gdm was broken and followed by others .
GIMP , LIBREOFFICE , INKSCAPE all says libpng15 is missing .
i m looking around for solutions . i did uninstall firefox and installed it back in works . i switced to qt4.8 from qt5 .
how should i update all the packages .
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#6 2013-05-26 10:36:30
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Re: [SOLVED] "libpng15.so not found " says all packages in my system
If you have any aur packages, update them.
Never argue with stupid people,They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.--Mark Twain
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#7 2013-05-26 10:39:59
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Re: [SOLVED] "libpng15.so not found " says all packages in my system
how should i update all the packages .
Read the man page and the wiki.
Partial upgrades i.e. upgrading only some packages but not all of them are not supported.
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#8 2013-05-26 10:56:10
- dineshswamy
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Re: [SOLVED] "libpng15.so not found " says all packages in my system
i solved it installed libpng15 from AUR , and the system works fine so far ... thanks evry 1
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#9 2013-05-26 10:58:29
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Re: [SOLVED] "libpng15.so not found " says all packages in my system
i solved it installed libpng15 from AUR , and the system works fine so far ... thanks evry 1
Is there a problem with updating the whole system, both the packages from the official repos and packages from the AUR, if you have any?
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#10 2013-05-26 10:58:56
- Allan
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Re: [SOLVED] "libpng15.so not found " says all packages in my system
For anyone reading this... THAT IS NOT THE SOLUTION!
A full system upgrade will fix the issue.
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#11 2013-05-26 11:09:53
- dineshswamy
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Re: [SOLVED] "libpng15.so not found " says all packages in my system
dineshswamy wrote:i solved it installed libpng15 from AUR , and the system works fine so far ... thanks evry 1
Is there a problem with updating the whole system, both the packages from the official repos and packages from the AUR, if you have any?
i just tried installing libpng from AUR , it worked . if that wouldnt worked , i would have gone for upgrading the full system .
but i read , we have to be cautious about updating the whole system . right now i dont want to experiment it .
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#12 2013-05-26 11:13:56
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Re: [SOLVED] "libpng15.so not found " says all packages in my system
but i read , we have to be cautious about updating the whole system . right now i dont want to experiment it .
The only right way of installing new software is to update your whole system beforehand.
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#13 2013-05-26 11:16:35
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Re: [SOLVED] "libpng15.so not found " says all packages in my system
but i read , we have to be cautious about updating the whole system . right now i dont want to experiment it .
Then what in the world are you doing running Arch?!?
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#14 2013-05-26 11:54:27
- Trilby
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Re: [SOLVED] "libpng15.so not found " says all packages in my system
And what in the world are you reading?
You do have to be cautious and make sure you only update the whole system. That is the only safe use of pacman. Partial upgrades cause this sort of problem, and your duct-tape fix can only cause much worse problems as you wait longer.
"UNIX is simple and coherent" - Dennis Ritchie; "GNU's Not Unix" - Richard Stallman
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