LibXp.so.6 missing 15.10

Question

Im trying to install a canon printer driver on 15.10. I know this worked on an older distribution, but now the installation fails:

$ sudo dpkg -i o1512een_linux_CQueDEB_v2010_64.deb 
Selecting previously unselected package cque-en.
(Reading database ... 255576 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack o1512een_linux_CQueDEB_v2010_64.deb ...
Unpacking cque-en (2.0-10) ...
Setting up cque-en (2.0-10) ...
Running CQue setup from /opt/cel
/opt/cel/bin/setup: error while loading shared libraries: libXp.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Was libXp.so.6 removed recently? Is there a way to make this install?

Edit: It's not available in the official package sources anymore

Solution 1

This might not be a perfect or ideal solution, but if you download the .deb for the previous ubuntu release (15.04), it seems to install just fine on 15.10. A program that depended on it started working immediately after I installed it.

http://packages.ubuntu.com/vivid/amd64/libxp6/download

Solution 2

Ubuntu Wily has no package named "libXp". Only solution I have found is to install the one from the previous version (download the deb file, install manually). I can't find any justification for this droppage, appears just a goof.

There's a bug report against Ubuntu Wily about it, but no response. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxp/+bug/1517884

libxp.so is REQUIRED for SAS, a commercial statistics program.

Solution 3

This worked for me:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:zeehio/libxp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libxp6

Caution: it requires adding a PPA, so think twice b4. To remove the PPA run

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:zeehio/libxp

Source1, Source2

Solution 4

For Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) the following works.

Add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main 

and run

sudo apt update
sudo apt install libxp6:i386

The :i386 suffix is only necessary if you need the 32 bit version.

You may also remove the source line from /etc/apt/sources.list afterwards.

Solution 5

Download and install libxp6:

cd /tmp/
wget -q http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libx/libxp/libxp6_1.0.2-2_amd64.deb
dpkg -i libxp6_1.0.2-2_amd64.deb

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Comments

[cat]

Why does this have a downvote? I understand it may not be the best question ever asked but ...?

[TheSchwa]

Also note there is the i386 version for older programs

[Sanjay Manohar]

Unable to locate package libXp

[gabra]

The link on the answer is broken. I've used this one.

[JorgeGT]

That second link is also broken.

[Zanna]

How will this help? How are those packages related?

[Louis Waweru]

This repo is now getting a 404 error

[eduardosufan]

Worked for me on Ubuntu 18.04. Thanks!