Problem
When you use a php application, you get the following results:
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libpng15.15.dylib
Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/php
Reason: image not found
[1] 4494 trace trap php
With the exception of composer, I installed most of my php programs using homebrew (installed using curl)
I tried deleting libpng and reinstalling it with homebrew, but it didn’t work.
As stated in the error message, the next step was to upgrade to the most recent version of libpng 1.5:
$ brew info libpng
libpng: stable 1.6.10 (bottled)
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
/usr/local/Cellar/libpng/1.5.17 (15 files, 1.0M)
Poured from bottle
/usr/local/Cellar/libpng/1.5.18 (15 files, 1.0M)
Poured from bottle
/usr/local/Cellar/libpng/1.6.10 (17 files, 1.3M) *
$ brew switch libpng 1.5.18
Cleaning /usr/local/Cellar/libpng/1.5.17
Cleaning /usr/local/Cellar/libpng/1.5.18
Cleaning /usr/local/Cellar/libpng/1.6.10
16 links created for /usr/local/Cellar/libpng/1.5.18
The error has now been changed to:
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libpng16.16.dylib
Referenced from: /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
Reason: image not found
[1] 6993 trace trap phpunit
Mavericks (10.9.2) and PHP 5.5.1 are installed.
Thanks in advance!
Asked by user3458861
Solution #1
I recommend that you run:
$ brew update && brew upgrade
I, too, had similar problem until a few minutes ago. Because I have the most recent PHP version, I was able to address the problem by using:
$ brew reinstall php55
Hope that helps.
Answered by Pera Jovic
Solution #2
I did everything listed above (it’s never a bad idea to be current with brew anyhow) and still got the same problem:
LAPTOP:folder Username$ php -v
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libpng15.15.dylib
Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/php
Reason: image not found
Trace/BPT trap: 5
Then I came up with a simpler solution:
On your box, look for your libpng version(s):
# Requires locate & updatedb for mac os x
# See Link [1]
LAPTOP:folder Username$ locate libpng15.15.dylib
/Applications/GIMP.app/Contents/Resources/lib/libpng15.15.dylib
/usr/X11/lib/libpng15.15.dylib
/usr/local/Cellar/libpng/1.5.14/lib/libpng15.15.dylib
Make a symlink:
LAPTOP:folder Username$ ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/libpng/1.5.14/lib/libpng15.15.dylib /usr/local/lib/libpng15.15.dylib
Try again:
LAPTOP:folder Username$ php -v
PHP 5.3.26 (cli) (built: Aug 25 2013 16:07:23)
Copyright (c) 1997-2013 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Zend Technologies
with Xdebug v2.2.3, Copyright (c) 2002-2013, by Derick Rethans
1) The Mac OS X equivalent of the find command
Answered by phpguru
Solution #3
It’s because libpng doesn’t have any symlinks. You’ll need to re-link libpng.
brew unlink libpng && brew link libpng
And there’s a chance you’ll get an error. By correcting permission, I was able to resolve the issue. Maybe it’s because macports isn’t installed.
sudo chown -R yourid:staff /usr/local/share/man/
Create link again and it’ll work.
Answered by Jonghee Park
Solution #4
I was able to resolve this by copying it to the missing directory:
cp /opt/X11/lib/libpng15.15.dylib /usr/local/lib/libpng15.15.dylib
brew install libpng libpng libpng libpng libpng libp I was compelled to do the above since I kept installing libpng16 instead of libpng15.
Answered by user391339
Solution #5
It was libjpeg in my instance. It was as simple as running brew reinstall libjpeg and everything was fine!
Answered by saada
Post is based on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22631026/dyld-library-not-loaded-usr-local-lib-libpng16-16-dylib-with-anything-php-rel