Hi all,

Iam a newbie to linux and have some basic questions. Questions are related to a Fedora system.

When I was trying to install some software I get the error:

error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

What type of file is libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 ?

How can I obtain it ?
I believe there is one or more RPMs I may be required to install, where can I find these ?

If I do obtain the wrong RPMS can it corrupt my system ? If so what are the steps I can take to prevent this ?

Thanks in advance,

Mark

You probably just need to install the -devel (libraries) package that go along with your software. Look up for the package that is name YourSoftwareName-devel and the same version number. Install that -devel package,then try to re-install your software.

Chances are you just will end up with unused libraries. (It just take room for nothing.)