Hal, Linux distributions normally provide a libc-libstdc++ compatibility package that provides the appropriate stubs & symlinks for older versions of the libraries - you should be able to search the packages for your distribution for the relevant filename in order to locate the package.
Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hal Vaughan > Sent: 18 May 2006 07:07 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Info on C Libraries that RealVNC Uses > > I am trying to install RealVNC on a number of different systems that > we'll be using. There's no problem with Windows, but on Linux, on a > number of systems ask for libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3. On my > system, that > file is a symlink to libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so. As I > understand > that, it means that I can use a symlink like this in most > cases and not > have a problem. > > I'm not a C programmer, but from what I've gleaned, as long as the > symlink is to a late enough library there isn't a problem. > What I need > to do is work out an algorithm for what file I should symlink > to. For > example, I don't know what the "3" in the 2nd filename represents and > if it is important. If I can just list the library directories with > wildcards, get a list of files, and sort them so the last one has the > highest value, then link to that, it'd be great. > > What are the rules for these types of symlinks? Should I > just look for > any version of the library that is the same or greater? Do I pay > attention to the version numbers after the "++-" and before > the "libc"? > Or do I only have to pay attention to the numbers after > "libc" and the > ".so" at then end? > > What criteria do I use to try to determine which file I > should symlink > to? > > Thanks for any help on this! > > Hal > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [email protected] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
