Scrivener

Scrivener Scrivener on Linux (Unofficial)
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Hello,

I can’t get Scrivener to launch and need some advice on how best to install - still learning how to use Linux but I had previously managed to get Scrivener to run no problem on an older version of Ubuntu from this site on the same laptop I’m using now (old Sony Vaio - just swapped out the HDD for an SSD and installed the latest version of Ubuntu as the main OS).

I downloaded the scrivener.1.9.0.1-amd64.deb file and installed through GDebi with no obvious issues and although I can see the Scrivener icon nothing happens when I click on it.

When I ran it through Terminal this is what I got:

/usr/share/scrivener/bin/Scrivener: error while loading shared libraries: libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I’d thought that GDebi helped fix library issues? If there is a different version/way I should be trying to install I’m all ears.

Thanks in advance.

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Hi, il,

I haven’t run the linux version for several years so I don’t have a “do this and you’re good” answer.

It’s a missing library/version issue. You can probably find a solution by looking through the topic: A Mostly Complete Guide to Installing Scrivenenr on Linux. Try the last post.

(Sorry about not posting a working link; haven’t figured out how to do that yet.)

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By searching the forums here with the keyword “libpng12.so.0” I found the following forum posts that talk about this issue:

[url]https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/solution-to-launch-scrivener-on-ubuntu-newer-than-16-04/44227/1]

[url]https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/linux-1-9-01-beta-released/31623/99]

Hope these help.

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Try this, if you did not try it yet. :slight_smile:
[url]A Mostly Complete Guide to Installing Scrivener on Linux - #41 by Alexo]

Att.!