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pip install pptk doesn't work on ubuntu 18.04/kubuntu 18.04 #3

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@emantos

Problem: After doing 'pip install pptk' on ubuntu/kubuntu 18.04, it doesn't work.

Diagnosis: The 'viewer' doesn't work because the libz.so.1 in site-packages/pptk/libs has some unresolved dependency issue.

Workaround:

  1. Rename the libz.so.1 in site-packages/pptk/libs
    e.g
    cd ~/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pptk/libs/
    mv libz.so.1 libz.so.1.old
  2. Create a soft link from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 to the site-packages/pptk/libs
    cd ~/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pptk/libs/
    sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1

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