OFF TOPIC: libc, glibc, etc.

[Gregor Stipicic]

Hi y´all !

Sorry for asking this question here, but that´s the only list I´m subscribed
to. I always wondered what´s the difference between libc, glibc, etc.
E.g. I´ve recently downloaded SNIFF + Penguin (an IDE for Linux) and when I try
to install the rpm I get the following error:

root at TheMachine:/home/gstipi/downcrk > rpm -Uh sniff-3.2-Penguin_IDE.i386.rpm 
failed dependencies:
        libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by sniff-3.2-Penguin_IDE
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by sniff-3.2-Penguin_IDE
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by sniff-3.2-Penguin_IDE
        libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by sniff-3.2-Penguin_IDE
        libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by sniff-3.2-Penguin_IDE
        libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by sniff-3.2-Penguin_IDE

I´m currently using SuSE 6.1. So how can I figure out what libraries I have
installed and where can I get this GLIBC2 thing ?

Thanks,
Gregor

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