Re: libc5 / libc6

[Barry Samuels <barry@datamansys.co.uk>]

"Liam Ward" <liam@dv4.com> wrote:

> I decided to see if asking APT to install the libc5 package in 
> simulate mode would suggest the removal of libc6 and it doesn't, 
> which suggests I could simply install the libc5 package. However, I'm 
> too scared to do it without checking that I'm not going to break 
> everything.

I am running WordPerfect which requires libc5 and, consequently, I have libc5 installed as well
as libc6.  It has caused me no problems whatsoever.

Barry Samuels