libstdc++.so.6

gbuseman · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 5

After a recent emerge --update world in which I didn't notice any errors, but apparently there was, I can no longer log onto gnome. I receive these errors at the login:

/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp /Defaults: running: /usr/bin/X11/sessreg -a -w /var/log/wtmp -x "/vat/gdm/:0.
Xservers" -h "" -l ".0" "georgb"

/etc/X11/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup
/etc/X11/gdm/Xsession: Setup done, will execute: /usr/bin/ssh-agent --gnome-session gnome-session: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6:
cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory

I am not able to log in.

I have an alternate desktop which allows me to login, but all the applications I try to initiate get this error: Error while loading share libraries libstadc++.so.6
cannot open shared object file. No such file or directory.

I cannot run fix_libtool_files.sh as it also depends on the libstdc++ libs.

any recommendations?

anfpunk · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 5:35 am Post subject:

Can you emerge libstdc++-v3? That should fix it. If that doesn't then emerge gcc glibc libstdc++-v3 Emerging those 3 seems to fix damn near everything I ever have problems with.

gbuseman · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 5

Unfortunately emerge relies on the lib, consequently I can't emerge.

looshyan · n00b Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 3

I have the same problem (as far as I can judge, so I'll just post in this thread - hope that's ok)! I was able to run fix_libtool_files.sh, but that didn't solve the problem. I can't emerge anything either (and many programs just refuse to start without the libstdc++.so.6).

Hmm...any help would be appreciated. I wonder if we could download a gcc tgz package from somewhere and install the missing lib manually.

By the way, the update that caused the problem was gcc 3.4.3 to 3.4.4 (that was the last package I was able to emerge before emerge itself went nuts)

jasperbg · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 6:08 am Post subject:

Boot from a LiveCD, chroot to your system and emerge from there.

By the way, this isn't really specific to Gnome so belongs in another forum.

looshyan · n00b Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 3

Found a solution:

libstdc++.so.6 was missing in my /usr/lib, but it turned out to exist in /usr/lib/gcc/(whatever your CHOST is)/3.4.4/, so I just did:

ln -s /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.4/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6

and now emerge is working again.

Naib · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 6:44 am Post subject:

There are plenty of threads on this, the recomended approach is to edit the relevant file in /etc/env.d/#### to redirect it
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looshyan · n00b Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 3

You're right, I should have searched better :oops:

Here's what fixed it for me:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-345046.html

gbuseman · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 5

The link worked. Thanks for the help.

As to being in the wrong arena. This was my first post to the forum. I appreciate all the assistance. Next time I will try to choose a better area.

Again, thanks to everyone that had a suggestion.

GCB

Maedhros · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:02 am Post subject: