Re: library lost - need help, please

[dyer <phil.dyer@mindspring.com>]

Peter Mickle wrote:
> 
> hello readers,
> 
> NEW USER question/problem, need help if possible. in trying to solve one
> shared libraries problem, i unintentionally removed the following library:
> 
>         /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/egcs-2.91.60/libstdc++.so
> 
> i don't know how to "reinstall" that file. i do not know the exact package
> to which it belongs, searching at http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
> for "libstdc++" returns:
>         libstdc++2.9-dev2.91.60-5;
>         libstdc++2.8 2.90.29-2; and
>         libstdc++2.9 2.91.60-5.
> 
> i can't "install" any of these packages through dselect because they are
> all marked "installed; install (was: install)", and when i try to install
> through apt-get, i get the message "sorry, libstdc++2.9-dev is already the
> newest version. i can download "libstdc++2.9-dev_2.91.60-5.deb" into my
> /tmp directory, but then i don't know how to "execute" the ".deb" file, or
> even if i should.
> 
> i have exhausted my self-help efforts and i will really appreciate any
> help or direction, that way i can get back to solving the problem which i
> was solving when i killed the needed file.
> 
> 

try 
prompt# dpkg --remove libstdc++2.9-dev
prompt# apt-get install libstdc++2.9-dev




hth
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