Subject: For me it was easy
I launched Synaptic, searched for libstdc, found libstdc++5 on th list, marked it for install and applied. I’m running Hardy.
Here’s my sources.list:
wbrown@wbrown-D630:~$ more /etc/apt/sources.list
deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon - Release i386 (20071016)]/ gutsy main r
estricted
newer versions of the distribution.
deb Index of /ubuntu hardy main restricted
deb-src Index of /ubuntu hardy main restricted
Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
distribution.
deb Index of /ubuntu hardy-updates main restricted
deb-src Index of /ubuntu hardy-updates main restricted
N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
team.
deb Index of /ubuntu hardy universe
deb-src Index of /ubuntu hardy universe
deb Index of /ubuntu hardy-updates universe
deb-src Index of /ubuntu hardy-updates universe
N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
security team.
deb Index of /ubuntu hardy multiverse
deb-src Index of /ubuntu hardy multiverse
deb Index of /ubuntu hardy-updates multiverse
deb-src Index of /ubuntu hardy-updates multiverse
Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the ‘backports’
repository.
N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb Index of /ubuntu gutsy-backports main restricted unive
rse multiverse
deb-src Index of /ubuntu gutsy-backports main restricted u
niverse multiverse
Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical’s
‘partner’ repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
users.
deb Index of /ubuntu hardy partner
deb-src Index of /ubuntu hardy partner
deb Index of /ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb-src Index of /ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb Index of /ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb-src Index of /ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb Index of /ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
deb-src Index of /ubuntu hardy-security multiverse