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GeTax / VdTax Linux Version on Ubuntu > 19.04

GeTax / VdTax Linux Installation for unsupported (modern) Ubuntu Versions GeTax and VdTax have a wonderful Linux version. Unfortunately, it no longer works since Ubuntu 19.04. The reason is that 3 required libs are no longer supported/shipped with Ubuntu and after several tries, I have managed to make it work on Ubuntu 19.10 and 20.04 LTS. I suppose this works with more recent freshly installed versions please tell me!). I know it works if you upgrade from the above versions (because I have tried since). Here are the steps, I hope it helps someone. Missing libraries To install GeTax/VdTax on Ubuntu distributions 19.04 and greater, you need to manually install the no longer supported packages below; Ubuntu "Bionic" being the last distribution to have the needed packages : https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/amd64/libicu60/download https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/amd64/libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0/download https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/amd64/libwebkitgtk-1.0-0/download Ins...