I issue (as su) :
apt-get install libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1

but gives me "couldn't find libstc...." ?

what am I doing wrong ?

I have no idea if you can install that via apt-get, but here's what I would do:

Where <TAB> is you literally typing those letters and instead of the next letter (t in this case) you'll hit the Tab key and see what is available for you.

If it runs okay without complaining about dependencies you can remove that --dry-run switch and do it for real at your own risk.

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Retired KM user (R4 - R6.04); friend to LH users.

For TAB to work, you will probably need to make sure its sources /etc/bash_completion

If TAB doesnt do anything, run

the TAB thing does work.. but it still gives me "could not find package" ?

Have you run

apt-get update

before? I had the same error first when trying to install phpmyadmin...

greetings
jangli