Fedora 7

[Karl Larsen]

Hello List,

I installed Fedora 7 and tried to install Thunderbird Email client 
but it will not run on Fedora 7. At least I didn't get it to.

Karl

[Karl Larsen]

Mauriat M wrote:
> On 6/7/07, Karl Larsen  wrote:
> > I'm trying to install Thunderbird 2.0 on this Fedora 7 Linux. When I tar
> > xvfz the download package in the directory is a thunderbird. I tried to
> > start that as I do all the time on Fedora Core 4 and I get this:
>
> This is not recommended. If possible install the version of
> thunderbird supported by Fedora 7. If you have an high speed internet
> connection run:
> # su -c 'yum install thunderbird'
> (when prompted for the passed, enter your root password).
>
> If you are unable to run yum, try downloading the RPM directly:
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/i38...
>
> Install:
> # su -c 'rpm -ivh thunderbird-2.0.0.0-1.fc7.i386.rpm'
>
> By doing this Thunderbird will show up in the menu's and can better
> integrate with Fedora.
> > isp                 libsmime3.so     mozilla-xremote-client
> > libfreebl3.chk      libsoftokn3.chk  README.txt
> > [karl@localhost thunderbird]$ ./thunderbird
> > ./thunderbird-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5:
> > cannot
> > open shared object file: No such file or directory
> > [karl@localhost thunderbird]$
> >
> > It can't find libstdc++.so.5
> >
> > I tried %/usr/bin/fedora and it said no such file
> >
> > [karl@localhost ~]$ work/thunderbird/thunderbird
> > work/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin: error while loading shared libraries:
> > libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or 
> > directory
> > [karl@localhost ~]$
> >
> > [karl@localhost ~]$ whereis libstdc++.so.5
> > libstdc++.so: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
> > [karl@localhost ~]$
> >
> > So if Thunderbird is looking for xxx.so.5 it will not find it. Seems to
> > me I did some sim links once to fix this stupid problem
>
> This is unnecessary if you use the Fedora version. Since the version
> provided from Mozilla is compiled differently it requires a
> compatibility library: 'compat-libstdc++-33'. This can be installed
> via yum like above, or if you must, you can also download and install
> manually.
>
> -Mauriat

Well I got the info to yum the lib file which I did and that then 
allowed thunderbird from the Mozilla web page to work. This is in fact 
written in Fedora 7 on thunderbird that now runs.

73 Karl Larsen

PS: Thanks to you all for the fast help :-)

[Steve Siegfried]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> Hello List,
> I installed Fedora 7 and tried to install Thunderbird Email client 
>
> but it will not run on Fedora 7. At least I didn't get it to.
>
> Karl

Your comment isn't actually all that helpful in determining why it
doesn't work.  Was the install an upgrade from an earlier version of FC
or did you do an initial install?  Did any warning messages appear while
you were installing the software?  Did you follow the directions that
popped up on the screen the first time you invoked Thunderbird?  When you
kick off Thunderbird, does it dump core, just quit, catch fire... what?

Just for giggles, try invoking "/usr/bin/thunderbird" from an Xterm and
then check the Xterm for error messages after it dies... and then post
'em here if you want help in fixing the problem.

-S

Computers run on smoke.  I know this because when the smoke escapes, the box
quits working.

[Karl Larsen]

Steve Siegfried wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
> > Hello List,
> > I installed Fedora 7 and tried to install Thunderbird Email client 
> >
> > but it will not run on Fedora 7. At least I didn't get it to.
> >
> > Karl
>
> Your comment isn't actually all that helpful in determining why it
> doesn't work.  Was the install an upgrade from an earlier version of FC
> or did you do an initial install?  Did any warning messages appear while
> you were installing the software?  Did you follow the directions that
> popped up on the screen the first time you invoked Thunderbird?  When you
> kick off Thunderbird, does it dump core, just quit, catch fire... what?
>
> Just for giggles, try invoking "/usr/bin/thunderbird" from an Xterm and
> then check the Xterm for error messages after it dies... and then post
> 'em here if you want help in fixing the problem.
>
> -S
>
> Computers run on smoke.  I know this because when the smoke escapes, the box
> quits working.

I'm trying to install Thunderbird 2.0 on this Fedora 7 Linux. When I tar 
xvfz the download package in the directory is a thunderbird. I tried to 
start that as I do all the time on Fedora Core 4 and I get this:

isp                 libsmime3.so     mozilla-xremote-client
libfreebl3.chk      libsoftokn3.chk  README.txt
[karl@localhost thunderbird]$ ./thunderbird
./thunderbird-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: 
cannot
open shared object file: No such file or directory
[karl@localhost thunderbird]$

It can't find libstdc++.so.5

I tried %/usr/bin/fedora and it said no such file

[karl@localhost ~]$ work/thunderbird/thunderbird
work/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin: error while loading shared libraries: 
libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[karl@localhost ~]$

[karl@localhost ~]$ whereis libstdc++.so.5
libstdc++.so: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
[karl@localhost ~]$

So if Thunderbird is looking for xxx.so.5 it will not find it. Seems to 
me I did some sim links once to fix this stupid problem

Karl Larsen

[Ed Greshko]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> Steve Siegfried wrote:
> > Karl Larsen wrote:
> > > Hello List,
> > > I installed Fedora 7 and tried to install Thunderbird Email
> > >
> > > client but it will not run on Fedora 7. At least I didn't get it to.
> > >
> > > Karl
> >
> > Your comment isn't actually all that helpful in determining why it
> > doesn't work.  Was the install an upgrade from an earlier version of FC
> > or did you do an initial install?  Did any warning messages appear while
> > you were installing the software?  Did you follow the directions that
> > popped up on the screen the first time you invoked Thunderbird?  When you
> > kick off Thunderbird, does it dump core, just quit, catch fire... what?
> >
> > Just for giggles, try invoking "/usr/bin/thunderbird" from an Xterm and
> > then check the Xterm for error messages after it dies... and then post
> > 'em here if you want help in fixing the problem.
> >
> > -S
> >
> > Computers run on smoke.  I know this because when the smoke escapes,
> > the box
> > quits working.
>
> I'm trying to install Thunderbird 2.0 on this Fedora 7 Linux. When I tar
> xvfz the download package in the directory is a thunderbird. I tried to
> start that as I do all the time on Fedora Core 4 and I get this:
>
> isp                 libsmime3.so     mozilla-xremote-client
> libfreebl3.chk      libsoftokn3.chk  README.txt
> [karl@localhost thunderbird]$ ./thunderbird
> ./thunderbird-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5:
> cannot
> open shared object file: No such file or directory
> [karl@localhost thunderbird]$
>
> It can't find libstdc++.so.5
>
> I tried %/usr/bin/fedora and it said no such file
>
> [karl@localhost ~]$ work/thunderbird/thunderbird
> work/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin: error while loading shared libraries:
> libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> [karl@localhost ~]$
>
> [karl@localhost ~]$ whereis libstdc++.so.5
> libstdc++.so: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
> [karl@localhost ~]$
>
> So if Thunderbird is looking for xxx.so.5 it will not find it. Seems to
> me I did some sim links once to fix this stupid problem

No, just "yum install compat-libstdc++-33"

[Karl Larsen]

Ed Greshko wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
> > Steve Siegfried wrote:
> > > Karl Larsen wrote:
> > > > Hello List,
> > > > I installed Fedora 7 and tried to install Thunderbird Email
> > > >
> > > > client but it will not run on Fedora 7. At least I didn't get it to.
> > > >
> > > > Karl
> > >
> > > Your comment isn't actually all that helpful in determining why it
> > > doesn't work.  Was the install an upgrade from an earlier version of FC
> > > or did you do an initial install?  Did any warning messages appear while
> > > you were installing the software?  Did you follow the directions that
> > > popped up on the screen the first time you invoked Thunderbird?  When you
> > > kick off Thunderbird, does it dump core, just quit, catch fire... what?
> > >
> > > Just for giggles, try invoking "/usr/bin/thunderbird" from an Xterm and
> > > then check the Xterm for error messages after it dies... and then post
> > > 'em here if you want help in fixing the problem.
> > >
> > > -S
> > >
> > > Computers run on smoke.  I know this because when the smoke escapes,
> > > the box
> > > quits working.
> >
> > I'm trying to install Thunderbird 2.0 on this Fedora 7 Linux. When I tar
> > xvfz the download package in the directory is a thunderbird. I tried to
> > start that as I do all the time on Fedora Core 4 and I get this:
> >
> > isp                 libsmime3.so     mozilla-xremote-client
> > libfreebl3.chk      libsoftokn3.chk  README.txt
> > [karl@localhost thunderbird]$ ./thunderbird
> > ./thunderbird-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5:
> > cannot
> > open shared object file: No such file or directory
> > [karl@localhost thunderbird]$
> >
> > It can't find libstdc++.so.5
> >
> > I tried %/usr/bin/fedora and it said no such file
> >
> > [karl@localhost ~]$ work/thunderbird/thunderbird
> > work/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin: error while loading shared libraries:
> > libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> > [karl@localhost ~]$
> >
> > [karl@localhost ~]$ whereis libstdc++.so.5
> > libstdc++.so: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
> > [karl@localhost ~]$
> >
> > So if Thunderbird is looking for xxx.so.5 it will not find it. Seems to
> > me I did some sim links once to fix this stupid problem
>
> No, just "yum install compat-libstdc++-33"

Thank you I will try that but not sure what it does. Looks weird. But 
must have been left out on Fedora 7.

[Mauriat M]

On 6/7/07, Karl Larsen  wrote:
> I'm trying to install Thunderbird 2.0 on this Fedora 7 Linux. When I tar
> xvfz the download package in the directory is a thunderbird. I tried to
> start that as I do all the time on Fedora Core 4 and I get this:

This is not recommended. If possible install the version of
thunderbird supported by Fedora 7. If you have an high speed internet
connection run:
# su -c 'yum install thunderbird'
(when prompted for the passed, enter your root password).

If you are unable to run yum, try downloading the RPM directly:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/i38...
Install:
# su -c 'rpm -ivh thunderbird-2.0.0.0-1.fc7.i386.rpm'

By doing this Thunderbird will show up in the menu's and can better
integrate with Fedora.
> isp                 libsmime3.so     mozilla-xremote-client
> libfreebl3.chk      libsoftokn3.chk  README.txt
> [karl@localhost thunderbird]$ ./thunderbird
> ./thunderbird-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5:
> cannot
> open shared object file: No such file or directory
> [karl@localhost thunderbird]$
>
> It can't find libstdc++.so.5
>
> I tried %/usr/bin/fedora and it said no such file
>
> [karl@localhost ~]$ work/thunderbird/thunderbird
> work/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin: error while loading shared libraries:
> libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> [karl@localhost ~]$
>
> [karl@localhost ~]$ whereis libstdc++.so.5
> libstdc++.so: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
> [karl@localhost ~]$
>
> So if Thunderbird is looking for xxx.so.5 it will not find it. Seems to
> me I did some sim links once to fix this stupid problem

This is unnecessary if you use the Fedora version. Since the version
provided from Mozilla is compiled differently it requires a
compatibility library: 'compat-libstdc++-33'. This can be installed
via yum like above, or if you must, you can also download and install
manually.

-Mauriat

[Ed Greshko]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> Thank you I will try that but not sure what it does. Looks weird. But
> must have been left out on Fedora 7.

It adds in what you need.....

[egreshko@f7 ~]$ rpm -q --filesbypkg compat-libstdc++-33
compat-libstdc++-33       /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5
compat-libstdc++-33       /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5.0.7

I respectfully disagree with those that contend that installing thunderbird
or firefox directly from Mozilla is either not recommended or a bad idea.

[magicus]

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Karl Larsen wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> I installed Fedora 7 and tried to install Thunderbird Email client
> but it will not run on Fedora 7. At least I didn't get it to.
>
> Karl

Hmmmm, I am reading this in Thunderbird under F7. Obviously it is
working.  Why is it not working for you?  Or in what way is it not
working for you?

ciao,
furlan
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[Ingemar Nilsson]

Karl Larsen  writes:
> > > [karl@localhost ~]$ whereis libstdc++.so.5
> > > libstdc++.so: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
> > > [karl@localhost ~]$
> > >
> > > So if Thunderbird is looking for xxx.so.5 it will not find it. Seems to
> > > me I did some sim links once to fix this stupid problem
> >
> > No, just "yum install compat-libstdc++-33"
>
> Thank you I will try that but not sure what it does. Looks weird. But
> must have been left out on Fedora 7.

If you wonder how he knew that you had to install compat-libstdc++-33, try
running "yum provides libstdc++.so.5". The output from this command will
tell you that it is compat-libstdc++-33 that provides this library.

Regards
Ingemar