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The RedHat 6.0 version of Ox is now available in rpm format from http://www.nuff.ox.ac.uk/Users/Doornik/. Let me know if there are any further problems. Jurgen. oxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox Dr Jurgen A Doornik Nuffield College Oxford OX1 1NF, UK tel. +44-1865-278610 fax +44-1865-278557 http://www.nuff.ox.ac.uk/Users/Doornik/ oxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox ----- Original Message ----- From: Francisco Cribari <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Cc: Dominic Mitchell <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, 14 May, 1999 19:02 Subject: Re: Ox under Red Hat Linux 6.0 > > Are there plans to produce a version of Ox that runs under Red Hat > Linux 6.0? [Perhaps, this is a question that only Jurgen can > answer...] I have installed the compat*.rpm's, but they did not > help. If anyone manages to come up with a solution to this > problem, *please* let me know. Thank you. Francisco. > > Dominic Mitchell wrote: > > > >>>>> "mc" == Michael Creel <[log in to unmask]> writes: > > > > mc> I had the same problem, which was the reason my Redhat 6.0 experiment > > mc> only lasted an hour or so. I don't see any information in the readme's > > mc> or documentation that tells what library Ox 2.10 was compiled against > > mc> (Ox 2.0a was 2.7.2.3), and I can't tell from Redhat's web site what C > > mc> library they include, but I think it's clear that there is a version > > mc> incompatibility. FWIW, SuSe 6.0 works fine with both Ox and R. > > > > There is some confusion there. You are confusing the gnu compiler > > gcc-2.7.2.3 with library issues libc set of libraries. The major > > differences between RH5.x and RH6.0 is the use of the new glibc > > libraries. RH5.x was using glibc-2.0.x as oppose to glibc-2.1 for > > RH6.0 as their set of C libraries. > > > > Note that RedHat did not use the gcc-2.7.2.3 compiler for their > > packages other than the kernel. They have used the egcs compiler > > since at least RH5.1. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Dominic. > > > > mc> I had a similar problem a while ago - SuSE 5.3 used libc 2.7.2.2 rather > > mc> than 2.7.2.3, so Ox 2.0 wouldn't run, though 1.20 would. I switched to > > mc> Debian 2.0 for a while. I understand that some RPMS will be available > > mc> for Ox. That's a nice idea, but it would also be nice, and more helpful, > > mc> to offer compiled versions that are linked against several of the widely > > mc> used library versions. At any rate, many thanks to Jurgen Doornik and > > mc> whoever is compiling Ox for Linux - switching Linux distributions every > > mc> once in a while is a small price to pay to use such a great package. > > > > mc> Francisco Cribari Neto wrote: > > >> > > >> Dear Ox Users: > > >> > > >> I have just upgraded from Red Hat Linux 5.2 to version 6.0 (with GNOME), > > >> and I am running into a few troubles. Among other things, I am no longer > > >> able to run Ox. I get the following error message: > > >> > > >> [cribari@edgeworth install]$ ox > > >> ox: error in loading shared libraries: ox: undefined symbol: __setfpucw > > >> > > >> I also get the same error when trying to start R: > > >> > > >> [cribari@edgeworth install]$ R > > >> /usr/lib/R/bin/R.binary: error in loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/R/bin/R.binary: undefined symbol: __setfpucw > > >> > > >> This must be, I guess, a version compatibility problem. Has anyone had > > >> a similar problem? Any pointers/hints/suggestions? Thanks in advance. > > >> > > >> Best, FC. > > >> > > >> ________________________________________________________________________ > > >> > > >> Francisco Cribari-Neto voice: +55-81-2718420 > > >> Departamento de Estatistica fax: +55-81-2718422 > > >> Universidade Federal de Pernambuco e-mail: [log in to unmask] > > >> Recife/PE, 50740-540, Brazil web: www.de.ufpe.br/~cribari/ > > >> > > >> "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to > > >> build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe > > >> trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe > > >> is winning." --Rich Cook > > >> ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > mc> -- > > mc> Michael Creel [log in to unmask] > > mc> Tel. 93-581-1696 Fax. 93-581-2012 > > mc> Dept. of Economics and Economic History > > mc> Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona > > > > mc> "Even paranoids have real enemies." > > > > -- > > ========================================================== > > Dominic Mitchell Email: [log in to unmask] > > Economic Department mailto:[log in to unmask] > > Queen's University > > Kingston, Ontario > > Canada, K7L 3N6 Running Linux Redhat 5.2 > > ========================================================== > > -- > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Francisco Cribari-Neto voice: +55-81-2718420 > Departamento de Estatistica fax: +55-81-2718422 > Universidade Federal de Pernambuco e-mail: [log in to unmask] > Recife/PE, 50740-540, Brazil http://www.de.ufpe.br/~cribari/ > > "Dear friend, theory is all grey and the golden tree of life is green." > --Goethe > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%