"missing critical pre-requisite" error in "Intel C++ Compiler Professional Edition for Linux" installation

[Ctech_Ctech]

Hi All,

I am trying to install the evaluation version of Intel C++ Compiler for Linux on 64-bit Ubuntu 9.10.

However, after running install.sh script, I get the following screen and installation is interrupted:

Missing critical pre-requisite
-- missing system commands
-- 32-bit libraries not found

Displaying the detailed info about above listed issues, installation software complains about missing libstdc++.so.5 library.

However, the system has a more recent version of standard C++ library, namely, libstdc++.so.6 in /usr/lib folder.

I wonder if Intel C++ Compiler Professional Edition for Linux works fine on 64-bit platforms.

Even if there is a seperate 64-bit version, I could not locate it on Intel 's web site.

What can you suggest to overcome this issue and continue installation ?

Thanks.

[Dale_S_Intel]

There should be versions for IA32, IA64 and Intel 64, as well as one that combines IA32 and Intel 64. I think what you're looking for is Intel 64. There is a similar thread at

http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/showthread.php?t=74185&o=d&s=lr

and you may find this article useful as well:

http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/using-intel-compilers-for-linux-with-ubuntu/

Let me know if you're still stuck.

Thanks!
Dale

[Ctech_Ctech]

I noticed afterwards that I had already installed 64-bit version, and hence experienced that problem with 64-bit installation.

I also studied the link you suggested:

http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/using-intel-compilers-for-linux-with-ubuntu/

In this article, if I am correct, I don't know why but it appears to be that an 64-bit installation requires both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of libstdc++5 library.

Why it requires libstdc++5 library instead of libstdc++6 is another question...

[TimP]

The Intel compilers through version 11.1 are built to run on distros back as far as Red Hat EL4, so are built against the libstdc++-33 shared objects. This is likely to change in a future major release.