is libc5 available?

[Dwayne Rightler]

mkdir /usr/local/libc5
dpkg-deb -x libc5_5.4.46-15_i386.deb /usr/local/libc5
echo /usr/local/libc5/lib >> /etc/ld.so.conf
echo /usr/local/libc5/usr/lib >> /etc/ld.so.conf
ldconfig

On Friday 28 July 2006 16:38, Felipe Figueiredo wrote:
> Le Friday 28 July 2006 17:26, Dwayne Rightler a écrit :
> > On Friday 28 July 2006 16:18, Felipe Figueiredo wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have an onld non-free bin-only app which needs libc5.
> > >
> > > I can't seem to find a package with it. Is there a way to install it
> > > (without breaking my installation, of course)?
> >
> > You could go here and grab the old Debian package for libc5, extract the
> > files into a safe place (/usr/local/lib/libc5) and add that to
> > your /etc/ld.so.conf... perhaps.  I'm just speaking off the top of my
> > head, it may not work, and I haven't tested.
>
> I'll have to tweak the links, otherwise it will compete with my default
> libc, am I correct?
>
> Is there a safe way to test this idea?
>
> regards
> FF