FC5: Failed dependecies while installing AdobeReader

[Danny Ciarniello]

Jon Ingason wrote:

> I am trying to install AdobeReader 7.0.5 on FC5 and get dependency 
> problem:
>
> [root at lisa Adobe]# rpm -i AdobeReader_enu-7.0.5-1.i386.rpm
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         libstdc++.so.5 is needed by AdobeReader_enu-7.0.5-1.i386
>         libstdc++.so.5(CXXABI_1.2) is needed by 
> AdobeReader_enu-7.0.5-1.i386
>         libstdc++.so.5(GLIBCPP_3.2) is needed by 
> AdobeReader_enu-7.0.5-1.i386
> [root at lisa Adobe]# ls -l /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.*
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     18 Mar 24 22:02 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 -> 
> libstdc++.so.6.0.8
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     18 Mar 22 22:16 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 -> 
> libstdc++.so.6.0.8
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 949160 Mar 10 04:34 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.8
> [root at lisa Adobe]#
>
> I made the symbolic link /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 -> libstdc++.so.6.0.8.
> What to do?

I had a similar problem with Real Player that was resolved by installing 
compat-libstdc++-33.

Dan.