[TriLUG] Executable file loader question

[Kevin - The Alchemist - Sonney]

On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 09:53:01AM -0500, Michael Bell spoke thusly:
> Matlab requires some specific old libraries (libc5 instead of libc6).
> Their web site gives details about which one's it needs, (search the
> knowledge base at mathworks for linux) but I eventually gave up because
> I couldn't get both matlab an other programs running at the same
> time.
> 	If you have success, please share your knowledge.

I know that RHL includes "libc5-compat" type packages to handle
this. So you still ahve l;ibc5 on youe system when using
libc6/glibc2.2/etc/etc

This is how I'm able to run RHL 6.2 binaries on some of my 7.x
systems.

HTH, YMMV, etc, etc

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