Re: Ifx on Linux requires libcrypt file. Where?

Louis DeLongchamp wrote: > > System is Pentium class and O/S is OpenLinux 2.2 > After successful install of > Informix 4GL LINUX 7.20.UD1 (and RDS and SQL and ID), > I try to run the program and quickly get > error in loading shared libraries: libscrypt.so.1: > cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > > I cannot find this lib file anywhere. > Is it available? Informix was initially ported to libc5 which provides a libcrypt you seem to have a libc6 version. Check out the HOW-TOs at the IIUG WEB site for help or upgrade to the newer release of ESQL/C which works for you. Art S. Kagel

Art S. Kagel wrote: > > Louis DeLongchamp wrote: > > > > System is Pentium class and O/S is OpenLinux 2.2 > > After successful install of > > Informix 4GL LINUX 7.20.UD1 (and RDS and SQL and ID), > > I try to run the program and quickly get > > error in loading shared libraries: libscrypt.so.1: > > cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > > > > I cannot find this lib file anywhere. > > Is it available? > > Informix was initially ported to libc5 which provides a libcrypt you > seem to have a libc6 version. Check out the HOW-TOs at the IIUG WEB > site for help or upgrade to the newer release of ESQL/C which works > for you. I think the problem is the other way around; the newer glibc6 (aka glibc 2.0.x, where x should be 7) is used in the more recent ports, and libc5 did not need it -- the crypt code was in the main C library. Louis would appear to have the more recent version of SE and an older version of the kernel. Whatever it is, Louis, you need to check your kernel and C library versions, and ensure that the Linux you are using has sufficiently recent versions of both (kernel 2.0.36 (or 2.0.34) or later, and glibc 2.0.7 or later, I think). -- Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com, jleffler@earthlink.net) Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.60 -- see http://www.perl.com/CPAN #include <disclaimer.h>