When I try to run blender in Linux I get this error “error while loading shared libraries: libpng14.so.14: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory” where can I find these shared libraries and how do I install them?
If this library isn’t available in the repositories of your linux distribution (you can search for it via synaptic or whatever program your distribution provide), you will have to compile it manually, or try another build on graphicall.
Depending on your distro there might not even be a libpng 1.4 in the package manager – for eg *buntu 10.10 only has the 1.2.x version.
IIRC one of the optional components needs a newer version of libpng so either turn that one off or build/install a newer png lib yourself.
And, yes, problems with graphical builds should be directed to the builder themselves and not posted in ‘News & Discussion’…