ROOT 3.10 on Linux Mandrake 9.0: libc.so.6 not found

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I’m trying to install root 3.10 on Mandrake 9.0 but root doesn’t start. It says
/lib/i686/libc.so.6: version ‘GLIBC_2.3’ not found
The libCore, libCint and libGraph root libraries look for it but they don’t found it.
I have that library in my /lib directory so I think the problem is I have glibc 2.2.5-16mdk version of glibc package.
Can I do something about it or I have to install root 3.5 ?
Thanks a lot!
Sara

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Hi,

You need to download the source code for ROOT and rebuild it.
See http://root.cern.ch/root/Install.html

Cheers,
Philippe

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Hi Philippe,
I’m sorry: I read the root.cern.ch/root/Install.html link but I can’t understand what I have to do :blush: . I don’t know at all the Linux system and the system commands. What I have to do to rebuild root if I have it already installed and compiled in my home directory?
Thank you very much…

sara

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Hi Sara,

It is not very dificult. First of all download the source code. Uncompress the source code in your home directory,

[ ]$ tar zxvf root_v3.10.01.source.tar.gz

In my system I set ROOTSYS to /usr/local/root, so:
[ ]$ export ROOTSYS=/usr/local/root

Don’t forget to put that line in your /etc/bashrc, too.

After that enter into root directory, do the configure and make
[ ]$ cd root
[ ]$ ./configure
[ ]$ make

And as superuser do:
[ ]$ make install

After that you can set the bin PATH for you bash session, put this line in your /etc/bashrc
export PATH=$ROOTSYS/bin:$PATH

Start a new session and type root.

Luís A. Perles

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I succeeded in installing root :smiley: thanks to you!

Sara