Lubuntu and libpng12.so.0 error

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az99

I just installed Lubuntu 16.10 (64bit) and FreeFileSync now errors:
./FreeFileSync: error while loading shared libraries: libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I installed the latest 64-bit version (FreeFileSync_8.5_Ubuntu_16.04_64-bit) and still get the error.

Can someone tell me how to fix this? I googled and didn't see anything specific to FFF. I don't see anyway to install it.

I found libpng16.so.16.25.0. I tried creating a symbolic link in the same directory (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu) named libpng12.so.0. But, then FFF errors with:
./FreeFileSync: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0: version `PNG12_0' not found (required by ./FreeFileSync)
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az99

I found a libpng12 package for Ubuntu 16.04 here:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/libpng12-0

I installed the amd64 version and now FreeFileSync works. (Not sure if it breaks anything yet.).
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Zenju

Ubuntu 16.04 ships with libpng12 while 16.10 comes with libpng16. I'll see to offer two FFS builds for the next release.