Have you tried installing the "libc" package as I mentioned before? You should
not need anything else.
On Fri, 07 Sep 2001 16:59:06 -0700, mcoady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thank you Sridhar for your suggestion. I found a file at Vector Linux
> (wp8-libs.tgz) that contails the libc files necessary. However the
> directions say that after untarring this file one must run 'ldconfig' to
> install the libraries.
>
> I fear that this would override the libraries in place to run Mandrake8. Do
> you have any knowledge of this?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Michael
>
>
>
> At 01:10 AM 9/8/01 +1000, you wrote:
> >On Fri, 07 Sep 2001 10:07:41 -0700, mcoady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > In my quest to get WP8 installed on LM8 (it worked wonderfully on LM7.1) I
> > > discover that there were libraries (libc5) used that are no longer used in
> > > this newer Mandrake.
> > >
> > > But are older libraries compatible with newer ones? If not, then I
> > guess it
> > > is not possible to reinstall WP8 into this newer version of Mandrake.
> > >
> > > Michael
> >
> >You should be able to find the libc package on your Mandrake CDs, or at
> >rpmfind.net. Install that and you should be able to run WP8.
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