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fairly noobish to Linux, although I have a few machines with different distros to fiddle around with

Getting a server up and running with 20.04 LTS, and having issues with getting an older version of TeamViewer up and running.. I know there's some better alternatives, but I own a commercial license for Version 11 that I use for all my machines, and my clients.

I run into issues with teamviewer:i386 depending on libpng12-0.

I've tried following a variety of similar threads that are aimed at getting it running with Linux v 16 and Linux v18, but neither process appears replicable in v20

Not sure if logs are allowed, but I'll beg forgiveness if not - here's my output (user/machine names altered)

test@test:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i teamviewer_11.0.256402_i386.deb
Selecting previously unselected package teamviewer:i386.
(Reading database ... 197780 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack teamviewer_11.0.256402_i386.deb ...
Unpacking teamviewer:i386 (11.0.256402) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of teamviewer:i386:
 teamviewer:i386 depends on libasound2.
 teamviewer:i386 depends on libdbus-1-3.
 teamviewer:i386 depends on libexpat1.
 teamviewer:i386 depends on libfontconfig1.
 teamviewer:i386 depends on libfreetype6.
 teamviewer:i386 depends on libpng12-0; however:
  Package libpng12-0:i386 is not installed.
 teamviewer:i386 depends on libsm6; however:
 teamviewer:i386 depends on libxdamage1; however:
 teamviewer:i386 depends on libxfixes3; however:

dpkg: error processing package teamviewer:i386 (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 teamviewer:i386
test@test:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i libpng12-0_1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 198073 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack libpng12-0_1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb ...
Unpacking libpng12-0:i386 (1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive libpng12-0_1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb (--install):
 unable to install new version of '/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0': No such file or directory
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-0ubuntu9) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libpng12-0_1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb

Thanks, appreciate any guidance here!

Jon Moore
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There are two problems here - 1st is libpng12 package, 2nd is TeamViewer dependencies.

The first is fixable by installation from PPA:

wget http://ppa.launchpad.net/linuxuprising/libpng12/ubuntu/pool/main/libp/libpng/libpng12-0_1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1+1~ppa0~eoan_i386.deb
sudo apt install ./libpng12-0_1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1+1~ppa0~eoan_i386.deb

and then you will be able to install TeamViewer:

sudo apt-get install ./teamviewer_11.0.256402_i386.deb
N0rbert
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I had the same problem and I could fix with this: https://community.teamviewer.com/t5/Knowledge-Base-EN/How-to-use-the-TAR-package-for-Linux/ta-p/30664

first you must to enter in your teamviewer path:

cd /path-to-extracted-TAR/teamviewer/

and then run this:

./tv-setup checklibs

Install the missing dependencies if you have some and then run

./teamviewer
Elias Bobadilla
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Try this:

 wget http://download.teamviewer.com/download/version_11x/teamviewer_i386.deb

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386


sudo apt install libc6:i386 libasound2:i386 libexpat1:i386 libfontconfig1:i386 libjpeg62:i386 libsm6:i386 libxdamage1:i386 libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxinerama1:i386 libxrandr2:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxtst6:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386 libgcrypt20:i386 libgpg-error0:i386 liblz4-1:i386 liblzma5:i386 libsystemd0:i386


wget http://ppa.launchpad.net/linuxuprising/libpng12/ubuntu/pool/main/libp/libpng/libpng12-0_1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1+1~ppa0~eoan_i386.deb


sudo apt install ./libpng12-0_1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1+1~ppa0~eoan_i386.deb


sudo dpkg -i ./teamviewer_i386.deb


wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2_i386.deb


sudo apt install binutils -y


tar -x ./libfreetype6_2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2_i386.deb


tar -xvf ./data.tar.xz


sudo cp -r ./usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6 /opt/teamviewer/tv_bin/wine/lib


sudo cp ./usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6.12.1 /opt/teamviewer/tv_bin/wine/lib


sudo apt install lightdm -y
        During installation choose lightdm and OK
        This is because Ubuntu 20's default display manager is gmd3,
        and it doesn't allow incoming connections when you sing out.
        (when your screen is locked)


sudo chmod 777 /etc/X11/default-display-manager


sudo echo "/usr/bin/lightdm" > /etc/X11/default-display-manager


sudo chmod 644 /etc/X11/default-display-manager

And after doing all of the above, reboot.

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