Re: [newbie] Problems installing libstdc++ library?
On Wednesday 09 June 2004 10:52 pm, John Drouhard wrote: On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 22:08 -0400, Jason Wilson wrote: Derek, Your explanation is MUCH appreciated. I thank you. This AIM package that I downloaded was for Mandrake 7.2 but then again, that was a long time ago. I didn't realize that there were other instant messaging programs that were far better. I am now using Gaim and am very happy with it. And how would I use urpmi? urpmi is a command line tool that you would use in a terminal. The terminal is in K Menu - System - Terminals - Konsole. Once you have loaded this, then you can type the command 'su'. This will ask you for a password. Type in you root password that you made when you installed Mandrake. Then, you can type 'urpmi program name' which will install the program, if it is in the urpmi database. Or, if you've downloaded an RPM from the internet, then you can type 'urpmi /path/to/downloadedRPM' which will install it. HTH, John Drouhard Oh, I see. So 'urmpi' is actually a command line tool that can only be executed by root. Is that correct? At least it works that way on my system. Thanks for the help, John. Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problems installing libstdc++ library?
John Drouhard wrote: On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 22:15 -0400, Jason Wilson wrote: Another interesting thing is this: executing grep urpmi gives me nothing. I don't think it's actually installed on my system. What then? If you want to check to see if something is installed on your system, you can open a terminal, and type 'rpm -qa | grep package name', or in this case: 'rpm -qa | grep urpmi'. HTH, John Drouhard A fast way to check if the program is installed, and on your path is to type type program name - this will show you where the program is. But it only works for programs on your path. (Ones you can run without giving the path to the program.) You can also type part of the name, and hit the Tab key. Bash will try and complete the command for you. If there is more then one match, it will fill in the common part, and offer you a list of matches. You can also use locate or slocate, as long as the database is up to date. It is updates nightly as a cron job, but doesn't know about anything added sence the last update. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problems installing libstdc++ library?
Jason Wilson wrote: Oh, I see. So 'urmpi' is actually a command line tool that can only be executed by root. Is that correct? At least it works that way on my system. Thanks for the help, John. Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes. Only root can install system software. Only root has write access to the RPM database. There are also GUI tools for installing RPMs, that ask for the root password before running. Look under the Configuration/Packaging section for Install Software. You can then search for the package, or look for the type of program you want. It will also tell you about any other packages you need to install the package you want. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Problems installing libstdc++ library?
Hello Folks, First off, I'm running the latest and greatest Mandrake Linux 10.0 Official. I seem to be experiencing difficulty getting a library installed in /usr/lib. I downloaded AIM 1.5 for Linux and I cannot install it because I have an older libstdc++ libary in /usr/lib. When I try to install the AIM RPM package, I get a message saying this: aim-1.5.286-1.i386 cannot be installed due to unsatisfied libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2). Apparently I have an older version of this library. I tried downloading this version of the library and the system refuses to let me download directly to /usr/lib saying access is denied. What can I do about this and how do I get the new library installed? Please help. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problems installing libstdc++ library?
On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 17:28 -0400, Jason Wilson wrote: Hello Folks, First off, I'm running the latest and greatest Mandrake Linux 10.0 Official. I seem to be experiencing difficulty getting a library installed in /usr/lib. I downloaded AIM 1.5 for Linux and I cannot install it because I have an older libstdc++ libary in /usr/lib. When I try to install the AIM RPM package, I get a message saying this: aim-1.5.286-1.i386 cannot be installed due to unsatisfied libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2). Apparently I have an older version of this library. I tried downloading this version of the library and the system refuses to let me download directly to /usr/lib saying access is denied. What can I do about this and how do I get the new library installed? Please help. Any help is greatly appreciated. Why are you installing AIM? That version came out like 5 years ago and hasn't been update since. Install Gaim which is still being actively developed on and also looks nicer than AIM's client. 'urpmi gaim' will install it for you John Drouhard -- Wed Jun 9 16:51:09 CDT 2004 Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Cooker) for i586 -- Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 Sic transit gloria Monday! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problems installing libstdc++ library?
On Wednesday 09 Jun 2004 22:28, Jason Wilson wrote: Hello Folks, First off, I'm running the latest and greatest Mandrake Linux 10.0 Official. I seem to be experiencing difficulty getting a library installed in /usr/lib. I downloaded AIM 1.5 for Linux and I cannot install it because I have an older libstdc++ libary in /usr/lib. When I try to install the AIM RPM package, I get a message saying this: aim-1.5.286-1.i386 cannot be installed due to unsatisfied libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2). Apparently I have an older version of this library. I tried downloading this version of the library and the system refuses to let me download directly to /usr/lib saying access is denied. What can I do about this and how do I get the new library installed? Please help. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] First thing for newbies to learn is . Use URPMI to install software If you try to install RPM packages built for other distros you will *very Quickly* fall into dependency hell. Virtually any package you might be interested in is available as a Mandrake Linux RPM package installable using urpmi. Urpmi sorts out all these dependency issues for you. To learn about urpmi read the section on the Twiki in my signature. urpmi uses software repositories where you can download literally thousands of packages. As it happens AIM is not one of them. One reason AIM is not available as a Mandrake package is because compared to other alternatives it is shite. If you want AOL instant messenger compatibility install gaim or kopete using your Software install GUI. They are miles better than AIM. If you try to get around the dependency issue by trying to upgrade libstdc you will almost certainly break your system. (I have been there. I have the T-shirt) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problems installing libstdc++ library?
Derek, Your explanation is MUCH appreciated. I thank you. This AIM package that I downloaded was for Mandrake 7.2 but then again, that was a long time ago. I didn't realize that there were other instant messaging programs that were far better. I am now using Gaim and am very happy with it. And how would I use urpmi? Again, thanks for pointing a few things out. Another stupid question out of the way. :-) Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday 09 June 2004 06:44 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 09 Jun 2004 22:28, Jason Wilson wrote: Hello Folks, First off, I'm running the latest and greatest Mandrake Linux 10.0 Official. I seem to be experiencing difficulty getting a library installed in /usr/lib. I downloaded AIM 1.5 for Linux and I cannot install it because I have an older libstdc++ libary in /usr/lib. When I try to install the AIM RPM package, I get a message saying this: aim-1.5.286-1.i386 cannot be installed due to unsatisfied libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2). Apparently I have an older version of this library. I tried downloading this version of the library and the system refuses to let me download directly to /usr/lib saying access is denied. What can I do about this and how do I get the new library installed? Please help. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] First thing for newbies to learn is . Use URPMI to install software If you try to install RPM packages built for other distros you will *very Quickly* fall into dependency hell. Virtually any package you might be interested in is available as a Mandrake Linux RPM package installable using urpmi. Urpmi sorts out all these dependency issues for you. To learn about urpmi read the section on the Twiki in my signature. urpmi uses software repositories where you can download literally thousands of packages. As it happens AIM is not one of them. One reason AIM is not available as a Mandrake package is because compared to other alternatives it is shite. If you want AOL instant messenger compatibility install gaim or kopete using your Software install GUI. They are miles better than AIM. If you try to get around the dependency issue by trying to upgrade libstdc you will almost certainly break your system. (I have been there. I have the T-shirt) derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problems installing libstdc++ library?
Another interesting thing is this: executing grep urpmi gives me nothing. I don't think it's actually installed on my system. What then? Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday 09 June 2004 06:44 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 09 Jun 2004 22:28, Jason Wilson wrote: Hello Folks, First off, I'm running the latest and greatest Mandrake Linux 10.0 Official. I seem to be experiencing difficulty getting a library installed in /usr/lib. I downloaded AIM 1.5 for Linux and I cannot install it because I have an older libstdc++ libary in /usr/lib. When I try to install the AIM RPM package, I get a message saying this: aim-1.5.286-1.i386 cannot be installed due to unsatisfied libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2). Apparently I have an older version of this library. I tried downloading this version of the library and the system refuses to let me download directly to /usr/lib saying access is denied. What can I do about this and how do I get the new library installed? Please help. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] First thing for newbies to learn is . Use URPMI to install software If you try to install RPM packages built for other distros you will *very Quickly* fall into dependency hell. Virtually any package you might be interested in is available as a Mandrake Linux RPM package installable using urpmi. Urpmi sorts out all these dependency issues for you. To learn about urpmi read the section on the Twiki in my signature. urpmi uses software repositories where you can download literally thousands of packages. As it happens AIM is not one of them. One reason AIM is not available as a Mandrake package is because compared to other alternatives it is shite. If you want AOL instant messenger compatibility install gaim or kopete using your Software install GUI. They are miles better than AIM. If you try to get around the dependency issue by trying to upgrade libstdc you will almost certainly break your system. (I have been there. I have the T-shirt) derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problems installing libstdc++ library?
On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 22:08 -0400, Jason Wilson wrote: Derek, Your explanation is MUCH appreciated. I thank you. This AIM package that I downloaded was for Mandrake 7.2 but then again, that was a long time ago. I didn't realize that there were other instant messaging programs that were far better. I am now using Gaim and am very happy with it. And how would I use urpmi? urpmi is a command line tool that you would use in a terminal. The terminal is in K Menu - System - Terminals - Konsole. Once you have loaded this, then you can type the command 'su'. This will ask you for a password. Type in you root password that you made when you installed Mandrake. Then, you can type 'urpmi program name' which will install the program, if it is in the urpmi database. Or, if you've downloaded an RPM from the internet, then you can type 'urpmi /path/to/downloadedRPM' which will install it. HTH, John Drouhard -- Wed Jun 9 21:48:05 CDT 2004 Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Cooker) for i586 -- Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in. -- Evan Davis Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problems installing libstdc++ library?
On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 22:15 -0400, Jason Wilson wrote: Another interesting thing is this: executing grep urpmi gives me nothing. I don't think it's actually installed on my system. What then? If you want to check to see if something is installed on your system, you can open a terminal, and type 'rpm -qa | grep package name', or in this case: 'rpm -qa | grep urpmi'. HTH, John Drouhard -- Wed Jun 9 21:52:37 CDT 2004 Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Cooker) for i586 -- Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
