On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:54:24 -0700 (PDT),
"basis_consultant@hotmail.com" wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I need libstdc++.so.5 (Gcc 3.2.3) for Centos 5, i686.
>
>I tried searching on libstdc++.so.5 and Centos, but I did not find a
>site from which I can download an RPM
>for this. ( I found some sites that listed the RPMs)
>
>Unless I missed it, I was unable to download this from Centos's
>Website.
>
>Any ideas on how to download the appropriate RPM would be highly
>appreciated.
>
>
>
>Thanks,
>DF

You probably don't need it. Create a link to so.6 and name it so.5.

Roy Registered Linux user 469226

Roy Strachan wrote:
>>I need libstdc++.so.5 (Gcc 3.2.3) for Centos 5, i686.
>>
>>I tried searching on libstdc++.so.5 and Centos, but I did not find a
>>site from which I can download an RPM
>>for this. ( I found some sites that listed the RPMs)
>>
>>Unless I missed it, I was unable to download this from Centos's
>>Website.
>>
>>Any ideas on how to download the appropriate RPM would be highly
>>appreciated.
>
> You probably don't need it. Create a link to so.6 and name it so.5.

That is generally a very bad idea, it can make your programs fail
horribly. There is generally a good reason (API change) for people to
use a different major version.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

"basis_consultant@hotmail.com" writes:

> I tried searching on libstdc++.so.5 and Centos, but I did not find a
> site from which I can download an RPM
> for this. ( I found some sites that listed the RPMs)

I think you want the compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3 RPM.[1] If you got your
yum configured correctly it should just be a `yum install
compat-libstdc++-33' away.


Footnotes:
[1] http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os....3-61.i386.rpm

--
I like the idea of 256 bits, though: 32 for the (Unicode) character leaves
room for 224 Bucky bits, which ought to be enough for anyone.
-- Roland Hutchinson, in alt.folklore.computers

I have the following release:
rpm -q centos-release
centos-release-5-0.0.el5.centos.2

But I have an software which needs libstdc++.so.5

It seemed that I already have libstdc++.so.6
I could not install (yum finds nothing to do) so.5. I guess because I already have .so.6.

Do I need to go down a version of centos and how?

Thanks.