I found the answer...go to http://rpm.pbone.net and do a search for
rpm's which provide "libstdc++.so.5" (that is the default option) then
download and install.
if it yells at you about having a newer one on the system, just do a force:

rpm -i package.rpm --force

Once I did this I had to reinstall firebird and then it will delete
the current installation and reinstall automatically.

On 7/12/05, Milan Babuskov <milanb@...> wrote:
> Steven Hunter wrote:
> > I have this same problem, could you tell me where I can get the older
> > library files from?
>
> I'm not sure about Tao Linux, but for RedHad there is some .rpm. I think
> it is called something like:
>
> libstdc++-3.3.2-5.i386.rpm
>
> where 3.3.2 is library version, so you might need to find correct one
> for your system. Similar package name is used for other .rpm-based
> distributions like Mandriva or SuSE.
>
> The easiest solution is to use your package manager, and just ask which
> package contains libstdc++.so.5. In Mandrake it is done like this:
>
> urpmf libstdc++.so.5
>
> I don't have RH box at hand, so I can't tell how to do it there.
>
> HTH
>
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