Centos 6 Dependencies

[fulup]

I've some trouble installing OpenCPN on Centos-6. I used the stable RPM and a default out-of-the-box CentOS-6 install.

While I added all extra repository to get missing package, I still have two unresolved dependencies.

• libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.14) est nécessaire pour opencpn-2.5.0-1.i386
• libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.3.3) est nécessaire pour opencpn-2.5.0-1.i386

Obviously those packages are already installed, but with a more recent version. Ignoring dependencies OpenCPN install and look like working.

Question: Does someone run OpenCPN on CentOS-6 ?

Note: I wanted to replace Ubuntu because of the very long support CentOS propose.

[nohal]

fulup...
In these two cases the more recent libraries should not be a problem (except the dependencies reported). I have a CentOS 6 machine here and OpenCPN works well on it as it does on most other Linux distributions.
If you are otherwise happy with Ubuntu, just wait for 12.04 LTS out in April, which we will sure focus on making work well with the next OpenCPN release and will be supported for 5 years - it should be long enough for your machine to die or be replaced with something more recent most likely...

Pavel

[fulup]

As I fail to find GPSd for CentOS, I will probably have to rollback to Ubuntu. Which is unfortunate for two reasons:
- as you noted the next LTS is only due in April, which in my case translates in reinstalling in one month (further more as it is a new hardware, old LTS does not support neither the wifi, neither the glidepad)
- Centos is more stable, less version, less patches, less... which is great for a computer that spend most of is time on a boat, where you don't want the update manager to popup each time you connect.