dependency problem installing openh323 to run gnomemeeting
 

G'day,

I'm running Mandrake 9.0. I want to run gnomemeeting. To run it you need to install openh323 and pwlib. When I try to install both, I get the same dependency problem message--I need libstdc++.so.5(glibcpp_3.1).

OK, so I found a mandrake rpm (libstdc++5-3.2-1mdk.i586.rpm) and installed it. But I still get the same dependency error when trying to install openh323. I've run ldconfig and updatedb (I don't really know what they do but I have read elsewhere that they can fix some dependency problems), but that didn't work either.

So how can I get libstdc++.so.5 installed and recognized?

Thanks,

wafyellow

You should install the libstdc++ package for your system (Mandrake 9.0). Then the other ones should install, too. In case you can't get it running use --force option of RPM.

Hi Mara,

Still no luck.

>You should install the libstdc++ package for your system (Mandrake 9.0).

I tried that, no luck.

>In case you can't get it running use >--force option of RPM.

I also tried that (by unchecking check dependencies in Kpackage), no luck.

I even tried reinstalling linux with many of the development packages installed - the gnuc++ libraries, etc., in case that worked. No luck.

libstdc++.s05 is *definitely* there, I can see it, but nothing will recognise it.

Any other ideas?

Wafyellow

Are you trying to install the right version for gnomemeeting package (for your version of Mandrake)?
BTW
rpm -i gromemeetingpackagename --force
will always install it. The problem is that it may not be working, but you can always try this method.

Hi Mara,

Just before I received notification of your post I managed to get it installed by deleting everything about it--it and its dependent packages, the glib and libstdc devel libraries--and then reinstalling it by checking for it on my mandrake distro disks. It installed itself and the two dependent libaries, with no mention of libstdc++.so5, and seems to be working fine.

What worries me now is that I was sure I got the mandrake rpms (e.g. gnomemeeting-0.93-2mdk.i586.rpm and the two others), but it didn't work, and yet when I installed the version on my distro disks, it did. I guess it's a compile thing--that the version out there was released before mandrake 9.0 and so isn't quite compiled right?

One question, though, about your last message. Is installing through Kpackage and unchecking the dependency requirement is *not* quite the same as using the --force variable? Is it better to install via the command line - more information? (Sorry, that was two questions).

Thankyou for your help,

wafyellow

Mandrake 9.0 uses other gcc version than older Mandrakes. The thing is that libstdc++ is directly connected with the compiler. With a new compiler you have a newer version. The rpm you had was compiled for older libstdc++. That's why there was a dependency problem. In most cases it doesn't matter, programs work whichever version you have, but rpm format is quite strict and....

Kpackage + unchecking dependencies is nearly the same as --force option. It's your choice which method you prefer. When you like Kpackage, it's absolutely OK. I prefer console tools. :)