libpng12.dll is missing on Windows Vista

Bug #208712 reported by xenesis
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Inkscape
Triaged
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

After the installation of the inkscape installer package inkscape0.46-pre4-1.win32.exe on Windows Vista it is not possible to start Inkscape due to the following error:
"libpng12.dll could not be found"

Steps to fix for the normal user:
download libpng12.dll from the internet and place it into the inkscape directory. then you can start inkscape without problems.

Steps to fix for the inkscape devs:
i think there is a wrong dependencie on libpng12.dll, because there is already a libpng13.dll. Inkscape does not need to use libpng12.dll, does it? So remove any references to libpng12.dll

Luca Bruno (lucab)
Changed in inkscape:
importance: Undecided → Medium
milestone: none → 0.46
status: New → Triaged
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