[nmglug] WLassistant

[Anthony Martinez]

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Brian O'Keefe wrote:
> I'm trying to get WLAssistant installed on my powerbook. I installed it
> from a .deb derived from an .rpm with Alien-no problem. It shows up and
> is executable but when I try to run it I get a message:
> wlassistant: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.4' not found (required by
> wlassistant)
> 

The rpm was built against the wrong (never) version of glibc. Try getting the
source and building it by hand.

> when I try to install I get:
> e at ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -i glibc_2.4-5_powerpc.deb
> (Reading database ... 199893 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking glibc (from glibc_2.4-5_powerpc.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing glibc_2.4-5_powerpc.deb (--install):
> trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/gconv/ANSI_X3.110.so', which is also in
> package libc6
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> glibc_2.4-5_powerpc.deb
> 
> Does anyone know of a workaround for this? Will I have issues if I
> remove libc6 and replace it with glibc-2.4-5?
> 

Ow. Don't do that. Your world will be pain, since everything *else* on your
system wants the other libc6 :) Recovery will probably suck kinda hard.

Pi

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