Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 15:52:40 -0500 (CDT) From: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx> To: Clark Kent <superman@thugstah.kicks-ass.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Accidentally deleted /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.3 Message-ID: <20030429154058.J18873@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx> In-Reply-To: <1051646208.9428.8.camel@thugstah.kicks-ass.net> References: <1051646208.9428.8.camel@thugstah.kicks-ass.net>
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On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Clark Kent wrote: > Yep, I managed to do it! I'm probably the first person in history to > ever do it, too! Darn it. > > History: > > Well, it all started when i couldnt run a certain linux binary under > emulation. I decided to symlink an existing file (libstdc++.so.3) to the > required file (libstdcc++.so.5). No luck. Well, seeing how it did not > work, i decided to remove the symbolic link - only to accidentally > remove the original libstdc++.so.3. > > Consequences: > > Mozilla refuses to run. Abiword refuses to run. Countless other > programs refused to run, as they required this elf lib. > > Attempted Fixes: > > Maybe a buildworld would do the trick, I thought; it was also time for > me to update my sources also. => Buildworld fails when it couldn't find > the file. > > Arrrrggh! > Short of deinstalling Freebsd, is there anything else i could do to get > that missing file, or at least build it from existing sources? I haven't > done anything else as stupid as this, so my filesystems/crucial files > should be intact. > > Any advice welcome :) What version of FreeBSD are you using? What version of linux_base package are you using? I cannot see this library in my computers... If it is part of Linux emulation package, why dont you extract it from there? you know: cd / tar xvzf linux_base_{your_version}.tgz "usr/lib/libstdcc++.so.5" you wrote double "c" is that correct? > > ps: this is my first post, so i don't know if it will actually go > through. Hope it does it will. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > - ______ _ * / /###\ / \ __ /\ /\ * / ./#### \ * \__|_/ | | / \/ \ | b#####| * _ | __ | | __ = .. \____ \ \_\#####/ / \| / \ | | /\_\/ = \_| * \___\###/ * \_/\_/\__/\__\/_/\__/ = \______/ _ | |
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