intel fortran compiler installation problem: 32-bit libraries not found on this system, on X86_64 fedora system

[lqzhang]

Dear all:

I tried to install the l_cprof_p_11.1.069_intel64 on my X86_64 fedora 12 system. I installed all the libstdc++, libgcc libraries. But in the installation, I got following error message:

Step no: 4 of 7 | Installation configuration - Missing Critical Pre-requisite
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32-bit libraries not found on this system.
This product release requires the presence of 32-bit compatibility libraries
when running on Intel 64 architecture systems. One or more of these libraries
could not be found:
libstdc++
libstdc++5
glibc
libgcc
Without these libraries, the compiler will not function properly. Please refer
to Release Notes for more information.
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1. See next issue [default]
2. Back to Pre-requisite summary dialog

h. Help
b. Back to the previous menu
q. Quit

I could not understand why that can happen and what should I do now. Could I get any help on this? Thank you very much!

[TimP]

Did you read the articles posted at the top of the forum on Fedora and other unsupported distros?

For some time, on Fedora, and other modern distros, the old gcc-3 style libstdc++ isn't installed as part of any standard development package. I also am looking at an FC12 installation which is broken to the extent that ifort 11.1 won't run; as I didn't install it, I don't know whether there are "legacy compatibility" C++ or libstdc++-33 libraries available from repositories. Both the i386 or i586 and x86_64 versions of those libraries must be installed. It's possible the corresponding .rpm from earlier Fedora may work.
The compiler doesn't link builds against them, but it requires them itself because of ability to run as a 32-bit application on distros of that vintage.

[lqzhang]

Thanks a lot for your information. I know why that could not work. It is really bad. I will try to download libraries from older edtion to see. One thing I do not know is if I could download older edition of intel-c and intel-f compiler, so that they may be used on fedora12. Why intel only supply the newest compilor? they used to supply older compilor as well.

[lqzhang]

In fact, I found that even older fedora has no libstdc++3 editions. Those package only has libstdc++.so.6. So no way to install intel compilers on fedora12? no one succeeded at all? Could I install older edition of intel compiler on the fedora12 system? Thanks a lot.

[JenniferJ]

See this posting - http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/showthread.php?t=71064

I'll movethis thread to another forum (Intel Fortran Compiler for Linux and MacOS)where you may get more help.

Thanks,
Jennifer

[TimP]

http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/13231261/dir/fedora_12/com/compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-68.i686.rpm.html
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/13231262/dir/fedora_12/com/compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-68.x86_64.rpm.html

worked here

[Ron_Green]

the KB on Fedora is here: http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/using-intelr-compilers-for-linux-under-fedora/