On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 20:41 +0100, Chris Jones wrote: > On Friday 12 May 2006 8:30 pm, Karl Larsen wrote: > > Karl Larsen wrote: > > > Paul Howarth wrote: > > >> On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 12:12 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote: > > >>> On FC5 you remembered to link libstdc++.so.5 to whatever the > > >>> version is on this version. On FC4 you forgot to do this! > > >>> > > >>> And I am having hell like every time I try to make a link! I > > >>> always go to man link and get confused and then screw up. > > >> > > >> Good! You shouldn't be making bogus links like this, you should be > > >> installing the correct library in the first place. > > >> > > >> If you need libstdc++.so.5, try installing it: > > >> > > >> # yum install libstdc++.so.5 > > >> > > >> Paul. > > > > > > I had no idea yum could fix this, but for sure you should not need > > > to fix it. I will try yum and report back. Thank you. > > > > > > The only applications that don't work so far are Thunderbird and > > > two others! > > > > > > Karl > > > > And I tried to yum libstdc++.so.5 and it told me there was no such > > thing! > > I'm not sure if "yum install libstdc++.so.5" is really supposed to work (??) It is and it does: # yum install libstdc++.so.5 Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories updates [1/3] updates 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 core [2/3] core 100% |=========================| 1.3 kB 00:00 extras [3/3] extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package compat-libstdc++-33.i386 0:3.2.3-55.fc5 set to be updated --> Running transaction check Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: compat-libstdc++-33 i386 3.2.3-55.fc5 core 231 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 1 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 231 k Is this ok [y/N]: n Exiting on user Command Complete! > but > > # yum whatprovides libstdc++.so.5 > > does and tells me you need compat-libstdc++-33 > > compat-libstdc++-33.i386 3.2.3-55.fc5 core > Matched from: > libstdc++.so.5 > > Chris > > > > > So I did make a link to libstdc++.so.6 and this does not work. Not surprised. The files have different names for a reason. > > So > > what in the heck is going on? I can't imagine what I did. I loaded a new > > workstation in FC4 and thought all would be hunky dory and still it's > > broke! Please copy-and-paste whatever output you get from running: # yum install libstdc++.so.5 Paul.
