alternatively won't apt-get download glibc and update it when necessary AND check for any dependancies which aren't met and download those?... could be an easier option for a newbie... --Slosh (Pot calling the kettle black)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Sawtell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Chris Wilkinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 9:17 PM Subject: Re: Cannot find right "libstdc++.so.5"... > On Fri, 04 Apr 2003 20:40, Chris Wilkinson wrote: > > > Thanks, downloaded it and it works, but now that lib asks me to > > provide 'libc.so.6' from glibc 2.3 (glibc 2.25 is installed ver). > > glibc source is a 12MB download from gnu.org, followed by cranial > > splitting compile/make/install BS...I'm a newbie and DON"T NEED THIS > > EXTRA CRAP! > > Please don't shout at us, it's not good nettiquette. > > > Can't I just grab the binary from somewhere?! Thats all I need, > > NOT THE WHOLE FREAKING TWELVE MEGABYTES! :^( Rpmfind doesn't have > > a recent version of it... > > > > As software develops more and more, I feel more and more as though > > I'll be required to update EVERYTHING on my system just so the > > damn dependencies don't fail. Is this common on linux systems? > > If you try to install from a binary file like a deb or an rpm which does not > come from the distribution which you have installed on your computer you are > courting disaster as you have just discovered. > > To get, compile and install a working, i.e. not-beta, package form source is > very simple., vis:- > > wget http://linux.citylink.co.nz/gentoo/distfiles/celestia-1.2.4.tar.gz > --21:06:47-- > http://linux.citylink.co.nz/gentoo/distfiles/celestia-1.2.4.tar.gz > => `celestia-1.2.4.tar.gz' > Connecting to linux.citylink.co.nz:80... connected! > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > Length: 10,280,646 [application/x-tar] > > That proves the address is correct, 10 megs on a modem will take you about 30 > mins. It's in Wellington so you will go at full speed at this time of day. > > tar xvzf celestia-1.2.4.tar.gz > > cd celestia-1.2.4 > > ./configure > You may be told about packages which you haven't installed yet. > You'll just have to install them. > > make > su -c 'make install' > > celestia > > It _really_ is as simple as that! > > Linux _is_ different, you'll just have to get used to that fact. > > -- > C. S. >
