On February 8, 2004 11:19 am, Michael Petch wrote: > I've read all the responses here, and what you did (Run older version of > redhat). > > I am forced to run redhat 6 distributions for similar reasons. However I > prefer running the system in a more modern environment. THe compromise I > make (If it can be done) is to install the older distro. Then use a > newer distro and chroot to the root of the old one.
Good call, its always refreshing to see the resourcefulness of open source users. > > Mike > > On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 16:45, Stanley A. Schultz wrote: > > One and All: > > > > I have another one of my quirky problems. > > > > I want to install an application to run under Linux that requires Glibc > > 2.0 or 2.1. I'm now running RH 8.0 and it doesn't have either of these > > particular versions on it, defaulting to some much newer version. > > > > I have downloaded an installation copy of Glibc-2.1.3 but am stymied by > > the installation process. There are several issues here: > > > > 1. I have to be able to install it in such a way that it doesn't > > overwrite or corrupt the newer versions that already exist on the system > > (thereby possibly disabling the system), but it must still be available > > to the application when required. > > > > 2. Whatever installation instructions I can find (e.g., FAQ, INSTALL, > > README) are written in the usual computerese and inverse Polish shorthand > > that only > > someone-who-does-this-6-times-a-day-and-therefore-doesn't-need-the-instru > >ctions could understand. > > > > 3. These instructions refer to various versions of 'make,' 'Gnu C,' and > > other utilities that I'm not even certain are resident on my system, and > > have had *NO* experience using. (Although when I installed RH 8.0 I > > installed the development software packages as well.) > > > > 4. Nowhere can I find an ordered list of instructions that would help a > > relative newbie step through the process. (Why it is that people who draw > > 12 page, flow diagrams in their sleep and flawlessly write a million > > lines of highly structured programming code a day can't sit down and > > write organized, comprehensible installation instructions is way beyond > > me!) > > > > So, here are the $64,000 questions: > > > > 1. Has anyone out there in Linux-land ever done this sort of thing > > before? Specifically with Glibc? How many times? With any modicum of > > success? > > > > 2. If so, would you be willing to help talk me through the installation > > process and then through debugging the result if necessary? > > > > 3. What inducements would be required for this? > > > > For the record, but not a negotiable issue, the package I want to install > > is Corel's WordPerfect Office 2000 for Linux (Just about the last version > > of WordPerfect written for Linux by Corel before Micro$oft paid them off > > so they'd get out of the business). > > > > Why this word processor instead of one of the others written expressly > > for Linux? Because every other word processor I've seen, whether for > > Linux, Window$, Mac or what have you, is either hopelessly brain damaged > > or even brain dead. Not one of them even comes close. The nearest rival, > > M$ Word is only a very distant second best and doesn't even run under > > Linux. > > > > Why am I using RH 8.0 instead of SUSe, Mandrake or something else? > > > > 1. Because that's what I currently have on my machine. > > > > 2. Because I like the look and feel of it. > > > > 3. Because it's free. > > > > 4. Because I've learned its architecture and a lot of its idiosyncrasies > > already and don't want to start at the bottom of yet *ANOTHER* learning > > curve with some other distro. > > > > 5. Because I'm obstinate, hard to get along with and inherently distrust > > "change" for the sake of "change" alone! (In the vast sweep of history, > > "new and improved" has only a minutely better probability of being better > > than the alternative, and usually not enough to justify the risks.) > > > > Me: "I keep trying and trying and trying." > > > > Wife: "Yes dear, you're very trying." > > > > :-) > > > > Peace, health, wisdom and wealth. > > Live long and prosper. > > > > > > Stanley A. Schultz > > Techno-geek Wannabe > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca -- Nick W (nickw77 at shaw.ca) Registered Linux User #324288 (http://counter.li.org) MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: foolish_gambit ICQ: 303276221 It's not our fault, we're outnumbered by stupid people ten to one. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
