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Originally Posted by twobob

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Type of O/s and revision if applicable/relevant

possibly your apt repo settings

I had a near identical error with libjpg about 10 posts ago, perhaps a more ´general´ png lib name is appropriate in your case too.

I tried libpng14 and libpng and got a "unable to locate package" error. But, when i try libpng-dev i get

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'libpng12-dev' instead of 'libpng-dev'
libpng12-dev is already the newest version.

Apt repo sources

deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ lisa main upstream import romeo backport
deb-src http://packages.linuxmint.com/ lisa main upstream import romeo backport #Added by software-properties
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ oneiric partner
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ oneiric free non-free

deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu oneiric-getdeb apps
deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu oneiric-getdeb games