Repackaging #libpng12-0 for use on #Debian and #Ubuntu usrmerge versions https://jay.gooby.org/2022/08/10/repackaging-libpng12-0-for-use-on-debian-and-unbutu-usrmerge-versions

I used this to make #WeirdWorlds run on the latest #LinuxMint. You may have to purge the #usrmerge package before it'll let you install your custom libpng12.

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Repackaging libpng12-0 for use on Debian and Unbutu usrmerge versions

Since Ubuntu 19.04 and Debian 10 the usrmerge package has been installed by default. The package makes symlinks between /bin and /usr/bin, /sbin and /usr/sbin, /lib and /usr/lib and /lib64 and /usr/lib64 ensuring that any file appears in both places. There’s more detail on why this has been done at The Case for the /usr Merge and Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin, usr/sbin split.

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