Hi! On Fri, Feb 06, 2026 at 09:33:03AM +0100, Stephen Kitt wrote: > Hi Alexander, > > On Fri, 06 Feb 2026 06:55:45 +0000, Alexander Huemer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > $ lsb_release -d > > Description: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) > > $ ldd $(which dosbox-x) | grep libavcodec > > libavcodec.so.59 => not found > > Here’s the output from the package in Debian 13: > > $ ldd $(which dosbox-x) | grep libavcodec > $
That's surprising, I get a different output. > The package doesn’t depend on libavcodec59 because the dosbox-x binary in the > package doesn’t use it. > > > I believe an explicit package dependency on libavcodec is missing and > > the package must be rebuilt. > > I believe you’re not using the package; this is based on the dependencies: > > > Versions of packages dosbox-x depends on: > > pn dosbox-x-data <none> > > pn libasound2t64 <none> > > ii libc6 2.41-12 > > pn libfluidsynth3 <none> > > pn libfreetype6 <none> > > ii libgcc-s1 14.2.0-19 > > pn libgl1 <none> > > pn libminizip1t64 <none> > > pn libopusfile0 <none> > > ii libpcap0.8t64 1.10.5-2 > > pn libphysfs1 <none> > > pn libpng16-16t64 <none> > > pn libsdl2-2.0-0 <none> > > pn libsdl2-net-2.0-0 <none> > > pn libslirp0 <none> > > pn libspeexdsp1 <none> > > ii libstdc++6 14.2.0-19 > > pn libx11-6 <none> > > pn libxkbfile1 <none> > > pn libxrandr2 <none> > > ii libzstd1 1.5.7+dfsg-1 > > ii zlib1g 1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1+b1 > > If you had installed dosbox-x from the Debian repositories, there would be no > “pn” entries above. Sorry, the above is misleading as I ran `reportbug` from a different system than where I have dosbox-x insalled for email setup reasons. > Could you check the output of > > $ which dosbox-x This is embarrassing. I had overlooked that I have a locally compiled dosbox-x binary in my $PATH that had precedence over the binary installed via apt. > and try again after actually installing dosbox-x? The debian package actually works as expected. Apologies for the noise! -Alex
