Re: [ROOT] Mndrk8.0

From: Christian Holm Christensen (cholm@hehi03.nbi.dk)
Date: Thu May 24 2001 - 14:47:36 MEST


On Wed, 23 May 2001 13:39:32 -0400 (EDT)
Brett Viren <bv@bnl.gov> wrote
concerning ": Re: [ROOT] Mndrk8.0":
> Anton Fokin writes:
>  > Hi people,
>  > 
>  > I am just installing ROOT from source on Mandrake Linux 8.0. Apart from
>  > some minor problems with Xlibs it can not find libg++. Can you tell me
>  > where I can find this beast?
> 
> This is an GNU specific extension library.  ROOT doesn't need it as
> far as I can tell.  It certainly isn't installed on my machines.
> 
> But, to answer your question, like all `g' software: www.gnu.org.

AFAIK, libg++ is obsolete, and that may be the reason why Mandrake
doesn't ship with it. 

On 

  http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/extensions.html

it says: 

  Libg++, the GNU C++ library, is an attempt to provide a variety of
  C++ programming tools and other support to GNU C++ programmers. It
  has been available for quite some time now, and, although it has
  been superseded by libstdc++, it is still providing some useful
  services. And, it has proven to be a good testsuite for the
  compiler... 

and on 

  http://www.cygnus.com/~manfredh/libgxx/

it says: 

  2000/11/26:
    - Now that libstdc++ V3 is the default in gcc, I decided to no longer
      support libg++.

In short, you really don't need it.  You can find a source tar-ball at
the later URL, if you really REALLY want it. 

Yours, 

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