Re: Looking for lib's
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 11:21:47AM -0500, John Cichy wrote:
> This is my first post to the list so please be gentle. I am trying to
> migrate my machines from redhat to debian. The first box I am
> converting will be set up as an email virus scanner. The install of
> debian went well. But when I tried to install the virus scanner
> (Network Associates VirusScan for unix) and run it, it complained
> about not being able to find libstdc++.so.2.8 . I tried to create a
> symlink to what I thought was the current version of the lib, but the
> it then complained about un-resolved symbols.
Don't symlink libraries like that. It may work sometimes if you're
lucky, but not at all reliably.
> The FAQ on the Network Associates website said the lib is not
> installed be default and the explain how it is on the RedHat CD. I
> think I found the lib in the binary-i386/oldlibs directory on my local
> mirror,
Yes, http://packages.debian.org/ tells me that it's in libstdc++2.8.
This is only available in the stable distribution, though.
> (now here's the newbe question), who do I get the lib installed,
> apt-get?
Think of apt-get as a package retrieval tool. You give it a package name
and it goes off, finds it, and installs it. So you could say 'apt-get
install libstdc++2.8'.
If you've already downloaded the package, you don't need a retrieval
agent. You just use the package manager directly:
dpkg -i libstdc++2.8_2.90.29-1_i386.deb
(-i is short for --install.)
> A side question, does anyone know of an open-source virus-scanner that
> does not require a third party scanner?
There are some around. Try http://www.openantivirus.org/ for starters.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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