Re: error while loading shared libraries:

[Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Satish Balay wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Paul Howarth wrote:
> > Andre Venturoti Perrotta wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, Im new to linux, and just installed Fedora Core 3.
> > >
> > > Im trying to install some programs (RealPlayer for example), and Im
> > > getting this message:
> > >
> > > error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared
> > > object file: No such file or directory
> > >
> > > Can anyone help me ?
> >
> > You need to install the package libstdc++
> > # yum install libstdc++
>
>
> Actually its:
>
> # yum install compat-libstdc++
>
> [root@asterix ~]# rpm -qf /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5
> compat-libstdc++-8-3.3.4.2

You're right of course; I carelessly ran "rpm -qf 
/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5" in a terminal window in which I'd ssh'ed into a 
Red Hat 9 box and thus I got the wrong package. Whoops.

Paul.