Steve Farber wrote:
> I am running SuSE 7.0 on an old Pentium I and would like to
> update my browser from Netscape 4.76. When I download Mozilla
> 1.6 and follow the instructions I get a message that I need
> GLIBC_2.2.4.
>
> Does anyone know where I can find this beast and if I can install
>
> it on SuSE 7.0?
>
> The folks at Mozilla claim that 1.6 runs on all SuSE distros 6.2
> and later, but my experience tells me they are incorrect.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Steve

I don't see any claims about Mozilla 1.6 running on SuSE 6.2:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/sysreq.html

However, it can be done (as with most things in Linux). Just satisfy the
top three requirements:
> Linux kernel - 2.2.14 with the following libraries or packages minimums:
> * # glibc 2.2.4
> * gtk+ - 1.2.0 ( 1.2.5 or greater preferred)
> * XFree86-3.3.6

You can fid out what glibc version you have by running:
/lib/libc.so.6
at a command prompt.

Unfortunately, it appears as if glibc 2.2.4 only appears in SuSE 7.3 or
later, so it looks like you might have to compile it from source:
http://www.gnu.org/directory/GNU/glibc.html

--
Ben M.

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