I got this problem when i try to install any new program in fedora 4. why is it so?

If it happens when you go Make could be because of the folder you are working in, I haven't used FC since v1 but in slackware you are restricted to install software only in certain folders, for example /tmp

Please be more specific.

i download thunderbird installation, extract out the folder. under the folder, i type "./thunderbird" and the error message appear.

Then i copy the folder into /tmp and type "./thunderbird", but the error message still appears..

thanks for your help! =)

There are already thunderbird packages for Fedora, you don't need to download it from mozilla.org. Try using yum to install thunderbird.

If you still want to use the unpackaged version from mozilla.org make sure you install the compat-libstdc++-33 package (it may be compat-libstdc++ in fedora) using yum.

Are you root?

May be out of your path: echo $PATH.
And find if the file is there, if not make a link.

sorry, i'm a newbie. So i type "yum install compat-libstdc++"?
yes, i log in as root in Fedora

i download the package libstdcc from some where and install its rpm package. it can work now! thanks guys! =)

Yes is correct. You should read this section of the Fedora FAQ about installing software: http://www.fedorafaq.org/#getsoftware

Using yum should help you avoid probs like this in future

ok, thanks for the help guys! I appreciate it.

yum install compat-lib* worked for me...This is on FC4

Thanks all...

I don't mean to bump an old topic here but..

I recently found this post by searching with Google and decided to join in order to ask this:

I still am having troubles getting this to work with my game server files. The files were originally written in an RedHat Linux OS many years ago.

It requires the lib mentioned at the beginning of this topic (but is libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2), yet when I tried installing via:

"yum install compat-libstdc++" it returned saying no such package. (This is in the current Fedora 13 OS)

I then tried the "yum install compat-lib*" and it proceeded to download and install a plethora of stuff. Which now when I tell the game server to start and it executes the daemonctl which uses the required library.. it just goes silent and nothing else happens.

I don't know what I am doing wrong or if perhaps I need that specific library instead of all these new updated ones.

Any suggestions would be appreciated