On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 01:52 -0600, J.Moore wrote: > On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 07:33 +0000, Andy Green wrote: > > J.Moore wrote: > > > > > So, it turns out I don't have "ibstdc++.so.5" on my system (FC3), but I > > > do have "ibstdc++.so.6". I'm guessing this is a later version??? > > > > > > Q: Do I have a version issue, or a path issue? > > > > A mutant version issue. Everything compiled for FC4 is built to want > > the .so.6 version. But this proprietary binary doesn't know that. To > > fix these kinds of problems Fedora includes the old .so.5 version if you > > want it: > > > > yum install compat-libstdc++ > > Thanks, Andy (& Felix)... that did the trick. Would I have had this > problem if I'd built this app from source? You wouldn't have had *that* problem, but you might have needed to install a bunch of -devel packages, and unless you made an RPM, you'd lose the benefits of RPM's file and dependency tracking, making uninstallation or upgrading potentially more tricky. Paul.
