Missing .so under fedora 6

[Anders F Björklund]

Manfred Nowak wrote:

> dmd needs libstdc++.so.5
> 
> This isn't present under fedora 6
> Instead libstdc++.so.6 is present, butdoes not provide the neede 
> functionality.
> 
> What to do?

It lives in compat-libstdc++-XY, where "XY" varies -
depending on which version of Fedora you are running.

Ask the package manager:
$ yum provides libstdc++.so.5

Then install the package listed, that provides the old
package for backwards compatibility. (a.k.a. "compat")

--anders