Re: netscape on Debian, libc5 or libc6?
Hi Phil,
I finally got netscape going. It does use the libc5 libraries. I needed
to install the xpm4.7 package to provide the missing libXpm.so.4 library
(from /oldlibs/), and set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to search
/usr/lib/libc5-compat first. But it then worked fine.
Cheers, Chris.
Multi wrote:
>
> Chris Ryan wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have followed the netscape installation instructions (generic linux)
> > and all is unpacked and the install script completes OK. But netscape
> > will not run. It is missing the libraries libg++.so.27 and
> > libstdc++.so.27. These are present on my Debian system (2.0) in
> > usr/lib/libc5-compat.
> >
> > Therefore, I assumed that netscape is libc5 only, and redirected library
> > loads to /usr/lib/libc5-compat (using LD_LIBRARY_PATH). This found the
> > libc5 versions of most libraries, and 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 (/usr/X11R6/lib). All this tracked using 'ldd netscape'.
> >
> > This is very confusing. Is netscape libc5 or libc6?
> >
> > If netscape is libc5, then is there a libc5 version of libXpm.so.4
> > somewhere?
> >
> > Am I totally off the track here?
> >
> > Cheers, Chris.
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> hey,
>
> im totally new on debian. my first installation is five mins ago. I did this
> installation of 'hamm' because of the same troubles, you reported.
>
> In some german newsgroups i was told, that these libs are only available in libc6
> systems. So i scratched my old SuSE for debian. Now netscape seems to work.
> But now i have probs with that damn x-libs :)))
>
> the older versions of netscape worked fine on the same system. So I assume that the
> new 4.50 version is really libc6.
>
> If you have enough space for backups, just try that upgrade script, i has read of some
> mails above.If it will work proper and update your system to libc6 the new netscape
> should work :)) I have tried to run binaries from my old system, and after installing
> the old libc5 they worked fine. I dont know how, but switching betwen both libs seems
> to be no problem.
>
> but don't forget to backup !!! ( as I do in general :)
>
> phil
>
> plz excuse, that english isnt my mother-tongue :)
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| Dr. Chris
Ryan |
| CSIRO Exploration and Mining email:
c.ryan@syd.dem.csiro.au |
| 51 Delhi Road (PO box 136) phone: +61-2-9490
8673 |
| North Ryde NSW 2113 fax: +61-2-9490
8909 |
|
Australia.
|
|
|
| WWW (Cu-Au group):
http://www.syd.dem.csiro.au/research/hydrothermal/ |
| WWW (Proton
Probe): |
|
http://www.syd.dem.csiro.au/research/hydrothermal/chris/PM_main.html |
| WWW (Mantle Petrology group):
http://www.syd.dem.csiro.au/research/mantle/ |
| WWW (Me):
http://www.syd.dem.csiro.au/unrestricted/people/RyanChris/ |
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