OFF TOPIC: libc, glibc, etc.

[Andreas Schlapbach]

Gregor Stipicic wrote:
> 
> 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 ?

SuSE 6.1 is running on glibc2.0, new applications like SNiFF+ or Mozilla
require glibc2.1 and they will not work with glibc2.0 (due to problems
with threads). Updating to glibc2.1 is non trivial, so I recommend you
buying a newer distribution like SuSE 6.3 (which came out today).


Hope it helps,
Andreas
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