Jim Perrin wrote: > On 12/10/05, Preston Crawford <me at prestoncrawford.com> wrote: > >>On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 11:46 -0600, Alex White wrote: >> >>>Well libstdc++ exists in /usr/lib/ on my system 4 U2 it's: >> >>Okay, I wasn't sure which one I'd symlink off of. I appreciate the >>explanation. >> >> >>>Now, if you know that your application is erroring off with >>>something similar to "unable to locate libstdc++.so.2" Just as an >>>example, then you could do something like: ln -s >>>/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 /usr/lib/libstdc.so.2 >> >>I need to look at the error log. It might be looking in an entirely >>different location, maybe? I mean either it's hard-coded to look for a >>certain version or to look somewhere else (assuming it's possible that >>RHEL 2.x ut libstdc somewhere else). >> >> >>>If that doesn't work then just delete your symlink and all will be >>>right with the world. Make sure not to delete the actual library >>>though, I've done somethin' stupid like that before lol >> >>:-) >> >>Thanks. >> > > Instead of wrecking systems with random symlinks trying to meet > compatible versions of things, why not do "yum provides filename" and > see if it is available to you. > > yum list "compat*" yeilds several packages that might be what you're > looking for. Thank you for clearing that little bit up. Because you know..I've destroyed numerous machines in my career over a single app. *blinkles* Alex White