"Chaanakya" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> "Chaanakya" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> > clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> > > Am 11.07.2012 17:18, schrieb Chaanakya:
> > > > clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> > > >> Am 10.07.2012 13:24, schrieb James Holsenback:
> > > >>> On 07/09/2012 07:01 PM, clipka wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Do you happen to have multiple versions of libpng installed? Is the
> > > >>>> libpng-dev up to date to match the libpng version?
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I have multiple versions installed ... 1.2.49-9.9.1 and 1.4.11-3.9.1 and
> > > >>> configure has always found 1.4 just fine.
> > > >>
> > > >> That's how it should be. But it might not necessarily be always the
> > > >> case, especially with Experimental add-ons for a distro.
> > > >
> > > > By "Experimental" I mean the Experimental channel available in Debian
> > > > (http://wiki.debian.org/DebianExperimental).  libpng is up to version 1.5.11
and
> > > > libpng-dev is matching (1.5.11).
> > >
> > > Quote from that web page: "This directory contains packages and tools
> > > which are still being developed, and are still in the alpha testing
> > > stage. Users shouldn't be using packages from here, because they can be
> > > dangerous and harmful even for the most experienced people."
> > >
> > > Given this statement, I'm very much inclined to blame the problems on
> > > the experimental status of the libpng 1.5.11 Debian package, so my
> > > proposed solution is to run POV-Ray on a Debian stable distribution,
> > > and/or contact the people responsible for the libpng 1.5.11 Debian
> > > package for support (and/or to inform them that they /may/ have a
> > > problem there).
> > >
> > > (That said, I guess I'll have a look at Debian experimental myself; no
> > > promise though.)
> >
> > I will see what happens if I install both libpng and libpng-dev from unstable
> > (as you suggest, it may just be a packaging problem on their end).
> >
> > - Chaanakya
>
> I found out that I have more serious problems (parts of boost are missing) - I
> will rectify those and report back.  Reverting to libpng12 got rid of the libpng
> error.
>
> - Chaanakya

This issue has now been rectified.  I reverted to libpng12 and installed the
missing boost libraries.  POV-Ray then compiled fine.  As an aside, does anyone
know how to change the number of render threads?

- Chaanakya

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