I cant get the pre-compiled BOINC to work on my linux box:-
error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Where can I get the source code to compile it myself, followed the links on boinc.berkeley.edu but they dont have the 4.02 version there, or if they do I cant find it.

Martin

> I cant get the pre-compiled BOINC to work on my linux box:-
> error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared
> object file: No such file or directory
>
> Where can I get the source code to compile it myself, followed the links on
> boinc.berkeley.edu but they dont have the 4.02 version there, or if they do I
> cant find it.
>
> Martin

I'm not a linux guru or anything but I've found that the library is part of newer distros of linux. I have Redhat 7.2 installed on two systems at home, one being a fairly recent install, and one that's been customized and upgraded with parts of other linux distros. The recently installed version needed a different library to run and got that running fine. The older install is asking for the same library which I found in a RPM package for Redhat 8 and up, but requries a lot of other packages upgraded as well.

I haven't upgraded it yet but will get to it soon. Check out <A HREF="http://rpmfind.net">RPMFind.net</A> (my favorite linux library site), copy / paste "libstdc++.so.5" into the search field and see if there's a .RPM package for your distro. You will need other library upgrades to get it installed without problems.


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&gt; I'm not a linux guru or anything but I've found that the library is part of
&gt; newer distros of linux. I have Redhat 7.2 installed on two systems at home,
&gt; one being a fairly recent install, and one that's been customized and upgraded
&gt; with parts of other linux distros. The recently installed version needed a
&gt; different library to run and got that running fine. The older install is
&gt; asking for the same library which I found in a RPM package for Redhat 8 and
&gt; up, but requries a lot of other packages upgraded as well.
&gt;
&gt; I haven't upgraded it yet but will get to it soon. Check out <A> HREF="http://rpmfind.net"&gt;RPMFind.net</A> (my favorite linux library site),
&gt; copy / paste "libstdc++.so.5" into the search field and see if there's a .RPM
&gt; package for your distro. You will need other library upgrades to get it
&gt; installed without problems.
&gt;

Ok thanks for your quick reply, if it was just one package I would have installed it but since it will need several I think I will leave it and just carry on with my windows client for now. Using redhat 7.2 also.

you can download the boinc source and compile from here (run "./configure --disable-server" from the boinc/ directory created to just build a client):

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/source/nightly/

The CPDN/BOINC 4.02 client would be this one:

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/source/nightly/boinc_public-cvs-2004-08-04.zip

Thanks Carl, did give it a try but it bombs out in the congigure grumbling it cant find mysql_config exectutable, no doubt if I get that sorted it will then want something else, had this happen before, can go on forever sometimes.

Its not a very fast box so its not a great loss to the project, probably not worth the effort ;)

&gt; Thanks Carl, did give it a try but it bombs out in the congigure grumbling it
&gt; cant find mysql_config exectutable, no doubt if I get that sorted it will then
&gt; want something else, had this happen before, can go on forever sometimes.
&gt;
&gt; Its not a very fast box so its not a great loss to the project, probably not
&gt; worth the effort ;)
&gt;

if you do ""./configure --disable-server" (or maybe it's one "-" not "--") it should not look for the mysql_config stuff and just build a client

./configure --disable-FEATURE

Its what the feature is called though, obviously not server ;) tried it in caps too but still no luck

Edit: should have gone to boinc site and read a bit more, solution was export MYSQL_CONFIG=true then do regular ./configure

Bombs out in the make now ../lib/util.C:34:18: locale: No such file or directory, tried make -k and make in the client dir