Creating new symbolic link to libstdc kills KDE
 

Erm, ok.

I typed the command ;

libstdc++.so -> libstdc++.so.5.0.5*

KDE immediately crashed and booted me to a CLI. Any attempt to start the KDE now results in a Xserver error that libstdc.so.5 is too short.

I believe I have messed up a symbolic link. Is there a simple command to rescue me?

In /usr/lib I have libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3. I am on Madrake 10.0.

Initially I was trying to install the jre and get round a libstdc error.

I think this is not the way to create a sym' link. You have to type 'ln -s what-you-want-to-link the-symbolic-link'

For basic commands you can look here http://www.onlamp.com/linux/cmd/.

Thanks for that link.

Looks like I will have to reinstall if I can't find a way to reverse my blundering. Funny how much damage one little command can do.

Any easy just to repair libraries? Is there a linux repair mode like in XP?