You can also just install the Jaunty packages natively since libstdc++5 does not exist. Upgrading to Karmic broke my light-scribe which required the 32 bit libs and I have a 64 bit system. So, I did the following as a workaround.
mkdir /tmp/libstdc++5 cd /tmp/libstdc++5 wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gcc-3.3/libstdc++5_3.3.6-17ubuntu1_amd64.deb wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gcc-3.3/libstdc++5_3.3.6-17ubuntu1_i386.deb sudo updatedb locate libstdc++.so /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.13 /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4/libstdc++.so /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.6.0.13 sudo dpkg --force-architecture -i libstdc++5_3.3.6-17ubuntu1_i386.deb sudo updatedb locate libstdc++.so /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5.0.7 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.13 /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4/libstdc++.so /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.6.0.13 sudo mv /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5* /usr/lib32/. sudo updatedb locate libstdc++.so /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.13 /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4/libstdc++.so /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.5 /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.5.0.7 /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.6.0.13 sudo dpkg -i libstdc++5_3.3.6-17ubuntu1_amd64.deb sudo updatedb locate libstdc++.so /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5.0.7 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.13 /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4/libstdc++.so /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.5 /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.5.0.7 /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.6.0.13 -- libstdc++5 removal breaks non-ubuntu applications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/431091 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
