Need lib not in repository

[Reinhold Rumberger]

On Tuesday 23 February 2010, Javier Gardeazabal wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I am setting up kubuntu in my new box.
> I use an old program that needs the libstdc++.so.5 library, which
> is no longer available in the kubuntu repository.
> 
> I tried a symbolic link to the existing libstdc++.so.6 library in
> my machine ln -s libstdc++.so.6 libstdc++.so.5
> but it did not work
> 
> Any idea?

If you can find a somewhat current debian package, that contains it, 
that might do it. Worked for me with another version of libstdc++...

  --Reinhold