Re: installing libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3

[Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl>]

Judith Retief wrote:
> I have to get a backup for one of our production boxes installed. Someone
> else had set up a basic debian installation on the new box, I just have to
> get our own binaries working on it, most of which link against
> libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3. I assume this is the implementation of the C++
> libraries, and as most of our code is C++ I'm not surprised to see it as a
> dependency. On the existing machine, this lives in /lib:
> 	/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 -> libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0
> but the new box didn't have this lib.
>
> on the existing box
> 	apt-cache search libstdc++
> returns a lot of packages, most promising are
> 	libstdc++3 libstdc++5 libstdc++6
> with their dbg/dev/doc variants.
>
> I've tried 
> 	apt-get install libstdc++6
> on the new box, but the lib is still missing. Just in case (used to windows
> environment :) I tried rebooting the box, now it doesn't want to come up
> again.
>
> What am I missing here? Any background info on the history of the library
> versions would also be appreciated.

You can use "dpkg -S filename" on the old box to find out where a given
file came from. (Or install the package "dlocate" which does the same
thing much faster.)

On my Sid box this claims that your library is in the package
"libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2".

As a more general solution you can install the package "apt-file" which
allows you to search for filenames in all packages (not only in the
installed ones as with dpkg/dlocate).

Regards,
           Florian