I am trying to install RealPlayer on my mandrake 10.2 machine.

I tried the binary, but it tells me it can't find "libstdc++.so.5"

ok, so I tried the RPM; intalls fine, but when i try to run the "realplay" binary, it gives me the same error!

now, I'm a c++ programer, and I know for a fact that my system has the standard c++ libary installed, I've linked against it! (gcc -lstdc++ ...)

I've also had other similar problems, one configure script (for GTK) claimed that I needed to install X!

any ideas? I'm still "newer" to linux.

- Florian

The reason you have this error

is because you don't have libstdc++.so.5

You have libstdc++.so.6 if I remember correctly. It's an easy fix though. Installing the older library won't conflict with the newer one as programs simply look for the one they need. It's a good idea to install this library as I've run across many non-official programs (and sometimes older programs that you can't find rpms for in the current release) that complain about missing that library. Simply install the rpm that provides that older library and you'll be set.

I think this rpm should do it for you:

http://rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/mandra...6mdk.i586.html

Sorry, I'd normally point you to rpm.pbone.net, but that site has been unusably slow for the past few days.

thank you very much! I'm still getting the hang of it all!

no problem, glad i could help

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Actually you don't need to get packages from old versions like that. Use urpmi or menu->System->Configuration->Packaging->Install Software to install the libstdc++5 package. This way you get the compatability package for your distro - just downloading libstdc++ for Mandrake 10.0 like that will replace your existing libstdc++ (version 6 probably), which could cause a lot of problems.

The package is named 'libstdc++5' and if it can't find it visit http://easyurpmi.zarb.org first.

tkedwards is probably right. This is what happens when I can't use rpm.pbone.net and have to look for packages using random google searches. This package was called libstdc++5 so I thought it was the correct one, but the site doesn't have an included file list, so I don't know exactly what it installs.

EDIT: I double checked. If you've already installed this, it shouldn't replace anything because according to rpm.pbone.net, it only installs two things.

So it won't write over your newer library files. I had to ask about this one myself when I first installed it, but there is only one real file included in this package (the first file is just a link to the second), which is why they don't usually cause conflicts.

In simplest terms, if you've already installed this, don't worry too much as it shouldn't have really harmed anything.

does making a soft link work?

I wouldn't recommend this. The program will probably start up okay, but the libraries might be fairly different, so it could cause issues in functionality.