hi,

I am trying to install an INTEL Fortran compiler in debian. It requires libstdc.so.5 and they have recommended that since the present g++ compiler has the libstdc.so.6 version I need to get the compat-libstdc++ file installed. I have been trying to find out sources for the same and I couldnt get one for debian. All of them seem to be for RedHat. It would be great if someone can mention a source for the same.

Thanks a lot

Shyam Sundar

That is the name of a package. Didn't the message include the version of the compat package?

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...oblems-352007/
Look at post 16.

All .deb packages should be available for any version of Debian.
Try first 'apt-get update' to have access to all packages.
'apt-get install g77-3.3' will install fortran 77 with all dependencies.
'apt-get install gfortran' will install fortran 95 with all dependencies.
I hope these examples will help you, compiling libstdc++ is no fun by my experience.

The FAQ thing gave the following explanation : It doesnt give any specific version.


Product improvements in the Intel® C++ and Fortran 10.x compilers for Linux* require linkage to a Standard C++ library on *all* IA-32, Intel® 64, and IA-64 processor-based Linux systems. Intel® 10.x compilers are linked to the /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 library by design to permit use of the Intel 10.x compilers on GCC* 3.2-based Linux distributions.

Many Linux distributions available today are GCC* 3.4-based and thus by default provide the newer Standard C++ library, /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6. Therefore, installation and use of the Intel C++ and Fortran 10.x compilers for Linux on GCC 3.4-based Linux distributions may require explicit user action to install the Standard C++ library compatibility RPM, compat-libstdc++, that provides the required /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 library.

Please refer to your Linux distribution's installation materials for details on the compat-libstdc++ RPM and installing specific RPMs.




Also my question is that since the rpms are mostly based for fedora ,Redhat linuxes none seem to be there for debian. I tried to apt-get the software but it didnt work.

Did you do 'apt-get update' ?
No compat for Debian, they often use different names for many packages.
libstdc++ here: http://packages.debian.org/libstdc++5
libstdc++-dev : http://packages.debian.org/libstdc++5-3.3-dev

yes! I have run apt-get update. Also as I have installed libstdc++6 it is not installing 5. I installed the libstdc++5-dev package though and tried the installation again, it didnt work.