Fix missing dependency for TuxGuitar under Debain

October 25, 2023 - Reading time: ~1 minute

If TuxGuitar refuses to load GuitarPro files (.gp) with the error message "org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipArchiveInputStream", a dependency is is missing.

An error window with a "do not enter" traffic sign and the message "org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipArchiveInputStream"

To install the missing dependency, execute the following command:

sudo apt install libcommons-compress-java

A bug report has been submitted already: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1043253