Karl Larsen wrote: > Steve Siegfried wrote: >> Karl Larsen wrote: >> >>> Hello List, >>> >>> I installed Fedora 7 and tried to install Thunderbird Email >>> client but it will not run on Fedora 7. At least I didn't get it to. >>> >>> Karl >>> >>> >> >> Your comment isn't actually all that helpful in determining why it >> doesn't work. Was the install an upgrade from an earlier version of FC >> or did you do an initial install? Did any warning messages appear while >> you were installing the software? Did you follow the directions that >> popped up on the screen the first time you invoked Thunderbird? When you >> kick off Thunderbird, does it dump core, just quit, catch fire... what? >> >> Just for giggles, try invoking "/usr/bin/thunderbird" from an Xterm and >> then check the Xterm for error messages after it dies... and then post >> 'em here if you want help in fixing the problem. >> >> -S >> >> Computers run on smoke. I know this because when the smoke escapes, >> the box >> quits working. >> >> > I'm trying to install Thunderbird 2.0 on this Fedora 7 Linux. When I tar > xvfz the download package in the directory is a thunderbird. I tried to > start that as I do all the time on Fedora Core 4 and I get this: > > isp libsmime3.so mozilla-xremote-client > libfreebl3.chk libsoftokn3.chk README.txt > [karl@localhost thunderbird]$ ./thunderbird > ./thunderbird-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: > cannot > open shared object file: No such file or directory > [karl@localhost thunderbird]$ > > It can't find libstdc++.so.5 > > I tried %/usr/bin/fedora and it said no such file > > > > [karl@localhost ~]$ work/thunderbird/thunderbird > work/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin: error while loading shared libraries: > libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > [karl@localhost ~]$ > > [karl@localhost ~]$ whereis libstdc++.so.5 > libstdc++.so: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 > [karl@localhost ~]$ > > So if Thunderbird is looking for xxx.so.5 it will not find it. Seems to > me I did some sim links once to fix this stupid problem No, just "yum install compat-libstdc++-33" -- Ego sum ens omnipotens.
