On Thu, 03 Apr 2003 21:35, Slosh wrote: > 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) :-)
Quite possibly, I've just regurgitated the method with which I'm both used and comfortable. I was under the impression that apt-get is a Debian thing? With all the to-ing and fro-ing over this I've forgotton which dist. he is using. Anyway, I personally, after many years of cock-ups just like the current celestia affair, have given binary distributions the push. With a relatively modern machine and open or free software they are no longer necessary. I have had only one serious disaster with Gentoo, and it is now very definitely my distro of choice. The _only_ disadvatage is that you have to have the necessary skills to be able to compile a kernel for your machine and to be able to follow printed instructions properly. If you can't do that then get somebody else to set it up for you. Then all you have to do to install a package is to 'emerge' it. All the dependencies are looked after and it just works. For interest, I installed the celestia package, and had it working after just a wee while. I don't know exactly how long because I set it to compile and came back later after tea and there it was, going. Anyway that was yesterday evening after he had been hooting around for a couple of days and the rpm system is _still_ not working even now. People really should not be frightend about compiling. > ----- 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. -- -- C. S.
