Sorry it took this long to say some thanks to Chris Frost, Greg Fall, Ray Curtis, and Marco Shaw (hope I didn't miss anyone else) for the assistence with my "libc.*" queries; demanding hours at work prevent me from spending the amount of time tinkering with Linux that I'd like; it took me a week to get the time to try out everyone's suggestions. The step by step procedures on Ray's web page were very straightforward and easy to follow; after getting over the one minor hurdle with running the script file, everything else was a piece of cake. That's what I really like about the Linux community; I've never had a technical question that's gone unanswered for more than a day or two on a mailing list like this. Whoever claims that tech support for Linux is non-existent just hasn't learned about mailing lists or Usenet yet! Regards, Paul Greene At 08:31 PM 5/4/98 -0400, you wrote: >Hi; > >This is probably an easy question for the experts; I'm doing (what I hope >is) the smart thing by asking before leaping off the cliff. > >I would like to install the Star Office office suite on my linux box (Redhat >4.0). The installation instructions call for libc to be upgraded to 5.4.44 >in order for installation program to work properly. > >I looked through the Redhat FTP site to see if they had an RPM for 5.4.44 >and it appears that they only have up to 5.3.1 (or pretty close). Is there >another place somewhere to get a Redhat RPM for libc-5.4.44? An RPM would >seem like the easiest way to go if it existed somewhere. > >So (not having found an RPM) I went to Sunsite to see if they had it; I came >up with the two following files: > > libc-5.4.44.bin.tar.gz > libc-5.4.44.tar.gz > >There was a big difference in file sizes; which one is the right one to use? > >And what is the right way to install this libc upgrade? Do you just need to >untar everything from /root and that's it? (I know, I know, this is probably >a basic question but I've never done it before) If not, what exactly is >involved in upgrading libc? > >Thanks in advance for any help! > >Paul Greene >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >-- > PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! >http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe" as the Subject. > > -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
