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I have been using vmware horizon client on Ubuntu 16.04 but yesterday upgraded to 16.10(I regret that now :( ) since then vmware client is throwing the below error:

/usr/lib/vmware/view/bin/vmware-view: error while loading shared libraries: libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I googled the same error and found this link and tried the answer 2(as answer 1 seemed to be more on why we get this error) mentioned there but I am still getting the same error.

I am thinking of reinstalling 16.04 LTS but just wanted to try my luck here..

Any help?

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javanoob
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    look at my comment here, Tested on my 16.10 64 bit install, no issues http://askubuntu.com/questions/838949/ubuntu-16-10-teamvieweri386-depends-on-libpng12-0#comment1283182_838949 – doug Oct 18 '16 at 22:43
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    Try to check if it is there: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0 – Rohitt Vashishtha Oct 19 '16 at 01:54
  • Try `sudo apt install libpng12-0` – GrannySez Oct 31 '16 at 05:55
  • @GrannySez I tried your suggestion but I am getting this error: `E: Package 'libpng12-0' has no installation candidate` – javanoob Oct 31 '16 at 06:11
  • @RohittVashishtha no it is available here `/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu` – javanoob Oct 31 '16 at 06:13
  • @javanoob. It seems the package libpng12-0 is only available up to (and including) ubuntu 16.04, so if you are on 16.10 or later it is not available. In response to your issue about no installation candidate see a possible solution at [https://askubuntu.com/questions/840257/e-package-libpng12-0-has-no-installation-candidate-ubuntu-16-10-gnome/840268](https://askubuntu.com/questions/840257/e-package-libpng12-0-has-no-installation-candidate-ubuntu-16-10-gnome/840268) – GrannySez Nov 01 '16 at 23:43
  • @DavidFoerster How is this duplicate? The question you tagged was asked 3 days after this one. How could anyone expect that :) – javanoob May 03 '17 at 11:20
  • Age is irrelevant for duplication flags. What matters is that the (underlying) issue is the same or at least has the same solution(s) and that the linked question has "better" answers. – David Foerster May 03 '17 at 11:30

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It seems VMware actually ships libpng12.so.0 with the client. You can link to it with this command:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0
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In Ubuntu 17.04 you can create these two symbolic links as a workaround.

sudo ln -s libudev.so /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.0
sudo ln -s libpng16.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0
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I tried linking the VMware provided libpng12.so.0 file and still got the lib dependency issue. Installing the DEB files directly did resolve it though:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/amd64/libpng12-0/download http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/i386/libpng12-0/download

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