It shouldn't be removed if the 'shoes' package requires it, or you manually installed libpng. APT is weird though... As a former Ubuntu user, I can tell you: Pacman (Arch Linux) makes a lot more sense.
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Hugh Sasse<[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 13 Jun 2009, Tim Apple wrote: > >> On linux....Mint 7 >> I've tried raisins and policman.....They worked before...I did an >> apt-get autoremove, it must of removed a dependancy. > > I don't think the linux distro of shoes is done to be package manager > sensitive. > > I don't know enough about apt; searching to see if things get logged I found > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/75882 > which suggests you can turn off what things are removable. > > Further searching for docs for apt-get autoremove just turns up posts > about it removing too much. > > Maybe re-installing shoes will restore the dependencies "behind the > package manager's back", so it won't remove them? You might need to > ask on a Linux list if someone here can't give you sensible advice, as > opposed to these suggestions I'm giving you!. > > Hugh > >> >> On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Hugh Sasse<[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On Sat, 13 Jun 2009, Tim Apple wrote: >> > >> >> I'm getting the following >> >> >> >> /tmp/selfgz6433/shoes-bin: error while loading shared libraries: >> >> libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or >> >> ctory >> >> >> >> I have libpng12 and libpng12-dev installed....can't figure out whats up? >> >> >> >> Tim >> > >> > What platform? >> > What did you do before this stopped working? >> > Which version of shoes are you trying to use? >> > >> > Hugh >> >> >> > >> -- ~devyn
