Re: netscape library dependencies?
Hi,
I went ahead and got the newer version. I installed it and it seems to be working
now. it's at...
ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.5/english/unix/unsupportedlinux20
glibc/complete install/ and then you're in the dir. with the newer version and
instructions. Good luck!
Chris Ryan wrote:
> Ed Cogburn wrote:
> >
> > Chris Ryan wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Further to this problem: I assumed that netscape is libc5 only, and
> >
> > There is a libc6 version of NS Communicator on ftp.netscape.com.
> > As you go deeper in the path, select the 'unsupported' branch when
> > you come to it. The libc6 based Communicator tarballs have
> > 'glibc2' in their name (glibc2=libc6).
> >
> > > redirected library loads to /usr/lib/libc5-compat (using
> > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH). This found the libc5 versions of most libraries, and
> >
> > I haven't found LD_LIBRARY_PATH necessary, at least it wasn't
> > necessary for wp8 (also libc5 based). Just make sure the
> > libc5-compat paths are in /etc/ld.so.conf, and you've updated
> > things with 'ldconfig'.
> >
> > > the libg++.so.27 and libstdc++.so.27 that are ONLY in the libc5
> > > directory. But this showed that a library libXpm.so.4 was not found.
> > > This appears to be only in the libc6 set.
> > >
> > > This is very confusing. It appears that netscape uses both libc5
> > > libraries (libg++.so.27 and libstdc++.so.27) as well as libc6 ones (eg.
> > > libXpm.so.4). But this is unlikely/impossible, as far as I can see. So,
> > > is there a libc5 version of libXpm.so.4 somewhere?
> > >
> > > Cheers, Chris.
> >
> > It is confusing, alas. What you stumbled on is the fact that NS
> > Communicator (or are you using the limited 'navigator' version?)
> > is built against both libc6 and *X Window* libs. The problem is
> > the X libs NS wants *themselves* have to be built under libc5. So
> > the libs in usr/lib/libc5-compat/ are mainly X libs that are
> > needed for this reason. The libc5 lib itself is in /lib/. The
> > Xpm lib you're looking for is a libc5-built X Window lib. So to
> > get NS working, you need 'libc5', 'xlib6', and 'xpm4.7' from the
> > 'oldlibs' section as displayed in dselect.
> > At the moment I can't remember if the C++ libs are important. I
> > *think* the old libc5 versions of NS can use the current ones. On
> > the other hand I have an older version of libstdc++ installed
> > (oldlibs section), and I don't know why.
> >
> > --
> > Ed C.
>
> Thanks for this Ed. I'm new to Linux, and so there's alot of info in
> your message here to think about... But I'm still unclear on a couple of
> things:
>
> 1. I got NS Communicator (not just the base nav as I implied) by
> following the www download links on NS home page. As you say, this
> appears to be libc5.
>
> 2. I have NS working now by installing xpm4.7 (libc5 version of
> libXpm.so.4 from /oldlibs) and by using LD_LIBRARY_PATH assigned to
> /usr/lib/libc5-compat. (I now have a script linked from /usr/lib that
> uses LD_LIBRARY_PATH.)
>
> 3. I worry about having both /usr/lib/libc5-compat and X11 libs both in
> a search list (this I assume is what /etc/ld/so/conf is - I look in a
> moment...). This is because both /usr/lib/libc5-compat and
> /usr/X11R6/lib both have identical library link names for many libraries
> that NS uses. You can test this by using ldd and in turn making the load
> path look in each directory first. NS finds the libraries in both areas.
> On a search path list, it will just use the ones it finds first,
> irrespective of whether they are libc5 or libc6. Is this not so?
>
> Cheers, Chris.
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