Peter Mickle wrote: > > hello readers, > > NEW USER question/problem, need help if possible. in trying to solve one > shared libraries problem, i unintentionally removed the following library: > > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/egcs-2.91.60/libstdc++.so > > i don't know how to "reinstall" that file. i do not know the exact package > to which it belongs, searching at http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages > for "libstdc++" returns: > libstdc++2.9-dev2.91.60-5; > libstdc++2.8 2.90.29-2; and > libstdc++2.9 2.91.60-5. > > i can't "install" any of these packages through dselect because they are > all marked "installed; install (was: install)", and when i try to install > through apt-get, i get the message "sorry, libstdc++2.9-dev is already the > newest version. i can download "libstdc++2.9-dev_2.91.60-5.deb" into my > /tmp directory, but then i don't know how to "execute" the ".deb" file, or > even if i should. > > i have exhausted my self-help efforts and i will really appreciate any > help or direction, that way i can get back to solving the problem which i > was solving when i killed the needed file. > >
try prompt# dpkg --remove libstdc++2.9-dev prompt# apt-get install libstdc++2.9-dev hth -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= dyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
