Fedora 7

[Karl Larsen]

Ed Greshko wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>> Steve Siegfried wrote:
>>     
>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> Hello List,
>>>>
>>>>     I installed Fedora 7 and tried to install Thunderbird Email
>>>> client but it will not run on Fedora 7. At least I didn't get it to.
>>>>
>>>> Karl
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Your comment isn't actually all that helpful in determining why it
>>> doesn't work.  Was the install an upgrade from an earlier version of FC
>>> or did you do an initial install?  Did any warning messages appear while
>>> you were installing the software?  Did you follow the directions that
>>> popped up on the screen the first time you invoked Thunderbird?  When you
>>> kick off Thunderbird, does it dump core, just quit, catch fire... what?
>>>
>>> Just for giggles, try invoking "/usr/bin/thunderbird" from an Xterm and
>>> then check the Xterm for error messages after it dies... and then post
>>> 'em here if you want help in fixing the problem.
>>>
>>> -S
>>>
>>> Computers run on smoke.  I know this because when the smoke escapes,
>>> the box
>>> quits working.
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> I'm trying to install Thunderbird 2.0 on this Fedora 7 Linux. When I tar
>> xvfz the download package in the directory is a thunderbird. I tried to
>> start that as I do all the time on Fedora Core 4 and I get this:
>>
>> isp                 libsmime3.so     mozilla-xremote-client
>> libfreebl3.chk      libsoftokn3.chk  README.txt
>> [karl at localhost thunderbird]$ ./thunderbird
>> ./thunderbird-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5:
>> cannot
>> open shared object file: No such file or directory
>> [karl at localhost thunderbird]$
>>
>> It can't find libstdc++.so.5
>>
>> I tried %/usr/bin/fedora and it said no such file
>>
>>
>>
>> [karl at localhost ~]$ work/thunderbird/thunderbird
>> work/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin: error while loading shared libraries:
>> libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>> [karl at localhost ~]$
>>
>> [karl at localhost ~]$ whereis libstdc++.so.5
>> libstdc++.so: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
>> [karl at localhost ~]$
>>
>> So if Thunderbird is looking for xxx.so.5 it will not find it. Seems to
>> me I did some sim links once to fix this stupid problem
>>     
>
> No, just "yum install compat-libstdc++-33"
>
>
>   
Thank you I will try that but not sure what it does. Looks weird. But 
must have been left out on Fedora 7.