Re: glibc version problem
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- Subject: [mg72511] Re: glibc version problem
- From: Johan Grönqvist <johan.gronqvist at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 05:20:35 -0500 (EST)
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xuelian.penn at gmail.com skrev: > I also have trouble to install Mathematica 5.20 under Ubuntu 6.10, > although I can install it under Ubuntu 6.06.1 successfully. The error > massage in the InstallErrors file is > [: 215: ==: unexpected operator > > Does anyone know how to solve the problem? I have mathematica 5.2 installed under ubuntu 6.10. At every upstart, I see the error message mentioned, but that is no problem. I just ignore it (as I ignored it when it appeared in the installation), and everything seems to work well. So, for what I have done, mathematica 5.2 seems to work well in ubuntu 6.10. Someone claimed sound does not work, but I do not use sound, so I do not know about that. / johan > > Thanks, > Xuelian > > Roman Cheplyaka wrote: >>> I've been having trouble installing Mathematica 4.2 under Linux (Ubuntu >>> 6.10). It appears the problem is that I have glibc version 2.4 which is >>> too new for Mathematica 4.2 to handle. I don't think I can easily >>> downgrade my glibc because that will break all sorts of other software >>> which is expecting version 2.4. Does anyone know what versions of glibc >>> Mathematica 5.2 is compatible with? If it is compatible with glibc 2.4 >>> I'll probably just upgrade to Mathematica 5.2. >> Mathematica does not expect to any version of glibc, neither glibc >> itself. However, it's linked against libc. >> I guess your problem is that Mathematica 4.2 is linked against libc5, >> while glibc is providing libc6. >> In this case you can safely install libc5, it must not conflict with >> libc6. If Ubuntu does not ship one, you can try to borrow it from >> Debian (http://packages.debian.org/stable/oldlibs/libc5). >> >> Answering your question: yes, Mathematica 5.2 is linked against libc6. >> I have glibc 2.3.6, but I believe there would not be any problem with >> glibc 2.4. >