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Which download for Linux?
Posted by kgish
on 2007-01-26 02:30
OS: Other Linux
On the download page for linux there are two links: libcpp5 and libcpp6. What is the difference and how do I know which one I need?
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This means which version of the general C library you use. Most linux machines have either libstdc++ version 5 or 6 installed. Version 6 is more common on newer distros. Note: Version 5 and 6 are neither forwards nor backwards compatible.
How do you know which one you need? Run the following command:
find /usr/lib -name libstdc*
If you find entries for "/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6", then you should use libcpp6.
If you find entries for "/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5", then you should use libcpp5.
If you have both, then you can choose either one, but I'd suggest libcpp6 as it's more recent.
Great, if it had just said "libstdc++5" or "libstdc++6" that would have made it easier...
I understand you may not be able to include the ++, but making it libcpp as the description is confusing
I find that a little misleading as well.
I believe this naming comes from many version of Komodo ago, when there used to be a libcpp3 version as well (the linux library naming back then I believe was actually libcpp3, so it made more sense back then).
I've logged the following bug for this:
http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=75455
Cheers,
Todd