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I have extracted the firefox.tar.gz file, I cd'd into the firefox directory, and tried ./firefox, and I get the error message:
./firefox-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open ...
- 03-11-2007 #1Just Joined!
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Firefox 2.1 Install
I have extracted the firefox.tar.gz file, I cd'd into the firefox directory, and tried ./firefox, and I get the error message:
./firefox-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
On the mozilla site it says that this is like this because of having other firefox windows opened, I closed all firefox windows, rebooted, tried this again, and got the same message. Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks.
- 03-11-2007 #2Linux Guru
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You are missing the proper library.
Originally Posted by developer_dave
You should have a package in your distribution called something like libstdc++.so.5. Simply install it."To express yourself in freedom, you must die to everything of yesterday. From the 'old', you derive security; from the 'new', you gain the flow."
-Bruce Lee
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I did a yum install libstdc++.so.5 and firefox worked after that. Thanks for your help.
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