I had the same problem on i686 when launching an eclipse html editor, which seems to use xulrunner under the covers. I was able to get around this with a simple symlink hack that I've seen elsewhere.
cd /usr/lib sudo ln -s libstdc++.so.6 libstdc++.so.5 m...@flimflam:/usr/lib$ ls -l libstd* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2010-02-24 06:09 libstdc++.so.5 -> libstdc++.so.6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2010-01-20 07:46 libstdc++.so.6 -> libstdc++.so.6.0.13 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 962800 2010-01-10 10:53 libstdc++.so.6.0.13 My machine is running m...@flimflam:/usr/lib$ uname -a Linux flimflam 2.6.31-19-generic #56-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 28 01:26:53 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux -- libstdc++5 removal breaks non-ubuntu applications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/431091 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs