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| author |   mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com> | 2011-02-28 22:31:31 -0500 |
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| committer | mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com> | 2011-02-28 22:31:31 -0500 |
| commit | 8fd1a0d421c65bd8283cad0b558822530fc8a459 (patch) | |
| tree | 5b4115bf7af9ad1e24b7edb54f29b780480419b2 /doc | |
| parent | a7aa80a3964fc90a45bb573ca5b28c112f565d86 (diff) | |
| download | textadept-8fd1a0d421c65bd8283cad0b558822530fc8a459.tar.gz textadept-8fd1a0d421c65bd8283cad0b558822530fc8a459.zip | |
Provide 64-bit executable for libpng12 used by Debian-based distributions.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/2_Installation.md | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/2_Installation.md b/doc/manual/2_Installation.md index 397f227a..734d3cb5 100644 --- a/doc/manual/2_Installation.md +++ b/doc/manual/2_Installation.md @@ -55,7 +55,15 @@ since the versions of software installed vary widely from distribution to distribution. Because the Linux version of Textadept uses the version of GTK
installed on your system, an error like: `error while loading shared libraries:
<lib>: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory` may occur when
-trying to run the program. If this happens, do not be alarmed, the solution is
+trying to run the program.
+
+The most common occurance of this error is for the `libpng12` library on 64-bit
+(x86\_64) Debian and Debian-based Linux distributions like Ubuntu because
+`libpng12` has not been replaced in favor of the newer `libpng14`. If you are
+experiencing this error, simply rename `textadept.lpng12` to `textadept`. The
+former has been compiled to use `libpng12`.
+
+If the above situation did not apply to you, do not be alarmed. The solution is
actually quite painless even though it requires recompiling Textadept. See the
[compiling](12_Compiling.html) page for more information.
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