Looking for libstdc++.so.6 (was: Alien help for newbie).

[Brian Durant]

 --- Le grand pinguin <rm at mh-freiburg.de> skrev: 
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 02:52:16PM +0200, Antonie
> Kriek wrote:
> > check to see if you have
> > 
> > libstdc++.so.6.0.2 and make a symbolic link like
> below....
> > 
> > libstdc++.so.6 -> libstdc++.so.6.0.2
> > 
> > you can get it by install the libstdc++d-dev
> package with synaptic
> 
> ??? This would certainly be a bug. The library isnt
> supposed to be
> in the developer package - these should contain
> things like the header
> files. Libraries have their own packages: for the
> lib in question this
> would be 'libstdc++6'. From the following:
> 
>  apt-file search libstdc++.so.6
>  gcc-snapshot:
> usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/debug/libstdc++.so.6
>  gcc-snapshot:
> usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/debug/libstdc++.so.6.0.1
>  gcc-snapshot:
> usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/libstdc++.so.6
>  gcc-snapshot:
> usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.1
>  gcc-snapshot:
> usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/nof/debug/libstdc++.so.6
>  gcc-snapshot:
>
usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/nof/debug/libstdc++.so.6.0.1
>  gcc-snapshot:
> usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/nof/libstdc++.so.6
>  gcc-snapshot:
> usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/nof/libstdc++.so.6.0.1
>  libstdc++6: usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
>  libstdc++6: usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.2
>  libstdc++6-dbg: usr/lib/debug/libstdc++.so.6
>  libstdc++6-dbg: usr/lib/debug/libstdc++.so.6.0.2
> 
> I read that both 'libstdc++.so.6' and
> 'libstdc++.so.6.0.2' are
> provided by said package. Please try to install
> this.
> BTW, please do _not_ create such links yourself!
> Such actions might
> cause confusion and sometimes hard to debug
> problems. To install
> these links do:
> 
>  $ sudo ldconfig
> 
> HT HRalf Mattes 
> > bye
> > antonie
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:36:55 +0100 (CET), Brian
> Durant
> > <linuxnewbiedk at yahoo.dk> wrote:
> > > I installed all of the dictionaries (yeah, I
> finally
> > > caught on to the tar file thing... the
> instructions
> > > were for the .tar file version) and tried to
> start
> > > StarDict. It just quits when started from the
> > > Accessories menu, it does the same from the
> command
> > > line, but the command line returns:
> > > 
> > > $ stardict
> > > stardict: error while loading shared libraries:
> > > libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file:
> No
> > > such file or directory
> > > 
> > > What library is this? I don't find anything in
> > > apt/synaptic and I haven't found anything on the
> > > StarDict web site:
> http://stardict.sourceforge.net/ It
> > > is supposed to be a GNOME app, so I kind of
> thought
> > > that this problem would be obvious, but it
> doesn't
> > > seem to be. Anyone have any ideas what this lib
> is and
> > > where to get a version that will work with
> Ubuntu?

I found libstdc++6 in synaptic, downloaded the file
and now StarDict works like a charm. Many thanks for
the advise and for watching my back. I'm a happy
camper now :-)

Cheers,

Brian