c++ runtime libs are missing (or not accessible)

[littlewenwen]

I am sorry to ask so many questions these days. I am not a linux person, please help.

I am using RedHat5 and trying to install some programs. However, after trying to start the program, i got the following error message.("cara_1.8.4_linux" is the program I want to run)


[wen@wenpc ~/CARA]$ cara_1.8.4_linux
cara_1.8.4_linux: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot o pen shared object file: No such file or directory


Does this mean the c++ runtime libs are missing or not accessible in the path? If do, how can I get it work?

I will greatly appreciate your help! Thank you very much!

[daark.child]

It seems like your program requires old libraries. To install the missing libs do

#yum install compat-libstdc++-33

[rajeshk]

Below link Will help you understand the problem.

error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: - LinuxQuestions.org

[littlewenwen]

Thank you.
I am using RedHat5 Enterprise. Do I have to find compat-libstdc++ for this edition?

I found a website:

RPM resource compat-libstdc++

and I downloaded one which is for redhat 7.3. But it doesn't work for me.

[daark.child]

So how about using yum as I suggested in my post?

[littlewenwen]

Thank you for your time! Here is the result I got:

[wen@wenpc ~]$ su
Password:
[root@wenpc wen]# yum install compat-libstdc++-33
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
No Repositories Available to Set Up
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Setting up repositories
No Repositories Available to Set Up
Reading repository metadata in from local files
No Match for argument: compat-libstdc++-33
Nothing to do
[root@wenpc wen]#

[littlewenwen]

I have all 5 discs for the installation. Do I have to inser the disk?

[daark.child]

Your system does not seem to be registered with Redhat Network so you won't be able to install software from the Redhat repos using yum. I suggest you look for compat-libstdc++-33 on your installation discs or download it from here and install it manually with rpm.

[littlewenwen]

I found this message:

Impossible to install firefox-2.0.0.3.tar.gz on RedHat V 5 - Page 2 - LinuxQuestions.org

in the last reply, it is suggested to remove firefox and then install libstdc++so.5. What do you think? But I don't know where I should download the required " libstdc++so.5.".

[daark.child]

I already explained how to get libstdc++so.5 on Fedora or Redhat and their derivatives. All you need to do is install compat-libstdc++-33.