I'm able to run firefox5_x64 on my Centos 5.6 system.
* Download libstdc++-4.3.0-8.x86_64.rpm to /tmp
* cd /tmp ; cpio -idv libstdc++-4.3.0-8.x86_64.rpm | cpio -i
--make-directories
Copy contents of unpacked libraries:
* cp /tmp/usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6* /path/to/firefox5_x64/
Run firefox
* /path/to/firefox5_x64/firefox
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic <office@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> fred smith wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 12:46:09AM +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
>>> fred smith wrote:
>>>> I've been running Firefox 4 on Centos 5 (had to find a libstdc++.so.6 for
>>>> it by perusing newer systems from which I could steal one, but it's been
>>>> fine since then).
>>>>
>>>> Well, today firefox pushed down an update to Firefox 4.0.1 without saying
>>>> what it was, and it turns out to have been firefox 5. fine, I wanted it
>>>> anyway.
>>>>
>>>> But when I restarted it, I got a completely black browser window. Clicked
>>>> on the X close button and got a completely black confirmation dialog.
>>>> weird.
>>>>
>>>> exited it and tried safe mode. Works fine.
>>>>
>>>> ldd reports no conflicts or missing libraries.
>>>>
>>>> anybody else seen this? anyone got suggestions on what I should try next?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>> My guess is that you compiled from source, and that is not something
>>> (vast majority of) CentOS users do, so I would not hold my breath that
>>> anyone uses Firefox 4 on CentOS 5.x.
>>>
>>> Just return to 4.0 and you should be fine, I guess.
>>
>> Actually, no. it's the binaries from mozilla.org, though. firefox 4
>> did the update itself, again using the mozilla.org binaries.
>
> libstdc++.so.6 is a part of gcc libraries. I would like to have Firefox
> 4/5, but not at the cost of messing with the core part of my system.
>
> Ljubomir
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