Now that I finally have Slack81 running the way I want (with Opera and AbiWord); I decided to see how hard it would be to get Slack81 binaries to run on my BasicLinux partition. It turned out to be quite easy (sorry about that guys -- I should have tried this a long time ago).
BasicLinux is built on libc5, which was the standard Linux library between 1996 and 1999. Gradually it was superceded by glibc2 (which is much larger). These days it is rare to see libc5 binaries, and some BasicLinux users have found it difficult to get the up-to-date add-ons that they need. The solution to this library problem is to install the glibc2 package from Slackware 8.1: --------------------------------- pkg glibc-solibs-2.2.5-i386-2.tgz --------------------------------- This package is in the /slackware/a directory. Then, when you do 'ldd' on glibc2 binaries, you should see that the libraries are OK. Note: some binaries might also need ncurses or gpm or something else (ldd will show this). If so, pkg those packages from Slackware 8.1 (ncurses is in /slackware/l and gpm is in /slackware/a). Once again I apologize to all you guys who have been suffering library problems. I had no idea that the Slack81 glibc2 package would slip so easily into BasicLinux. Cheers, Steven To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
