Re: loki games under woody

[Lance Simmons <lance@lsimmons.net>]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 12:36:34PM +0200, oivvio polite wrote:
> 
> Descent3 from www.lokigames.com states glic 2.1 as a requirement and 
> wan't install under woody (glibc 2.2) 
> 
> Has anyone found a workaround for this?

There may be other ways to do it, but this works:

1. copy the cd files to a temporary directory. 

2. in the bin/x86 directory of the cd files, make the following
   symbolic link:

     ln -s glibc-2.1 glibc-2.2

3. Run the installer from the temporary directory.

The reason it won't install from the cd is that the installer
asks your machine what glibc it has, and then looks on the cd
for the appropriate binaries. The symbolic link tricks the
installer into installing the glibc-2.1 binaries from the
temporary directory.