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ver.2.4.1 does not start

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 14:09:50 +0000

Hii all!

OS: Debian 13

I installed Wings3d from .desktop launcher, with no effect.
I run Wings3d from shell, obtaining a long crash report:

Code:
antonio@antonio-m32cd4k:~/wings-2.4.1$ ./wings

=CRASH REPORT==== 14-Feb-2026::15:04:24.913229 ===

  crasher:

    initial call: wxe_master:init/1

    pid: <0.86.0>

    registered_name: []

    exception error: {error,

                         {load_failed,

                             "Failed to load NIF library /home/antonio/wings-2.4.1/lib/wx-2.4.3/priv/wxe_driver: 'libwx_gtk3u_gl-3.2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'"}}

      in function  wxe_master:init/1 (wxe_master.erl, line 121)

      in call from gen_server:init_it/2 (gen_server.erl, line 2229)

      in call from gen_server:init_it/6 (gen_server.erl, line 2184)

    ancestors: [<0.85.0>,wings_sup,<0.83.0>]

    message_queue_len: 0

    messages: []

    links: []

    dictionary: []

    trap_exit: true

    status: running

    heap_size: 987

    stack_size: 29

    reductions: 2678

  neighbours:

=CRASH REPORT==== 14-Feb-2026::15:04:24.936989 ===

  crasher:

    initial call: wxe_server:init/1

    pid: <0.85.0>

    registered_name: []

    exception error: {error,

                         {load_failed,

                             "Failed to load NIF library /home/antonio/wings-2.4.1/lib/wx-2.4.3/priv/wxe_driver: 'libwx_gtk3u_gl-3.2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'"}}

      in function  wxe_master:init/1 (wxe_master.erl, line 121)

      in call from gen_server:init_it/2 (gen_server.erl, line 2229)

      in call from gen_server:init_it/6 (gen_server.erl, line 2184)

    ancestors: [wings_sup,<0.83.0>]

    message_queue_len: 0

    messages: []

    links: []

    dictionary: []

    trap_exit: false

    status: running

    heap_size: 610

    stack_size: 29

    reductions: 1547

  neighbours:

=CRASH REPORT==== 14-Feb-2026::15:04:24.937273 ===

  crasher:

    initial call: supervisor:wings_sup/1

    pid: <0.84.0>

    registered_name: []

    exception error: {error,

                         {load_failed,

                             "Failed to load NIF library /home/antonio/wings-2.4.1/lib/wx-2.4.3/priv/wxe_driver: 'libwx_gtk3u_gl-3.2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'"}}

      in function  wxe_server:start/1 (wxe_server.erl, line 66)

      in call from wx:new/1 (wx.erl, line 206)

      in call from wings_sup:init/1 (wings_sup.erl, line 78)

      in call from supervisor:init/1 (supervisor.erl, line 869)

      in call from gen_server:init_it/2 (gen_server.erl, line 2229)

      in call from gen_server:init_it/6 (gen_server.erl, line 2184)

    ancestors: [<0.83.0>]

    message_queue_len: 0

    messages: []

    links: [<0.83.0>]

    dictionary: []

    trap_exit: true

    status: running

    heap_size: 987

    stack_size: 29

    reductions: 4429

  neighbours:

=INFO REPORT==== 14-Feb-2026::15:04:24.937699 ===

    application: wings

    exited: {{{error,{load_failed,"Failed to load NIF library /home/antonio/wings-2.4.1/lib/wx-2.4.3/priv/wxe_driver: 'libwx_gtk3u_gl-3.2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'"}},

              [{wxe_server,start,1,[{file,"wxe_server.erl"},{line,66}]},

               {wx,new,1,[{file,"wx.erl"},{line,206}]},

               {wings_sup,init,1,[{file,"wings_sup.erl"},{line,78}]},

               {supervisor,init,1,[{file,"supervisor.erl"},{line,869}]},

               {gen_server,init_it,2,[{file,"gen_server.erl"},{line,2229}]},

               {gen_server,init_it,6,[{file,"gen_server.erl"},{line,2184}]},

               {proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,

                         [{file,"proc_lib.erl"},{line,329}]}]},

             {wings_sup,start,[normal,[]]}}

    type: temporary

=CRASH REPORT==== 14-Feb-2026::15:04:24.937727 ===

  crasher:

    initial call: application_master:init/3

    pid: <0.82.0>

    registered_name: []

    exception exit: {{{error,

                          {load_failed,

                              "Failed to load NIF library /home/antonio/wings-2.4.1/lib/wx-2.4.3/priv/wxe_driver: 'libwx_gtk3u_gl-3.2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'"}},

                      [{wxe_server,start,1,

                           [{file,"wxe_server.erl"},{line,66}]},

                       {wx,new,1,[{file,"wx.erl"},{line,206}]},

                       {wings_sup,init,1,[{file,"wings_sup.erl"},{line,78}]},

                       {supervisor,init,1,

                           [{file,"supervisor.erl"},{line,869}]},

                       {gen_server,init_it,2,

                           [{file,"gen_server.erl"},{line,2229}]},

                       {gen_server,init_it,6,

                           [{file,"gen_server.erl"},{line,2184}]},

                       {proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,

                           [{file,"proc_lib.erl"},{line,329}]}]},

                     {wings_sup,start,[normal,[]]}}

      in function  application_master:init/3 (application_master.erl, line 143)

    ancestors: [application_controller,<0.10.0>]

    message_queue_len: 1

    messages: [{'EXIT',<0.83.0>,normal}]

    links: [<0.45.0>]

    dictionary: []

    trap_exit: true

    status: running

    heap_size: 987

    stack_size: 29

    reductions: 137

  neighbours:

What's wrong?
Do I need something installed?
Thank you in advance.

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