README: IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH "LIBSTDC++.SO.5" ... (This is a frequent-enough problem to merit discussion in the introduction.) If you are reading this, it's probably because you tried to start your Linux server and saw this message: ./cod2_lnxded: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory COD2 is a C++ program built with gcc 3.3.4, which means it needs a system library specific to gcc 3.3. Older Linux systems won't have this installed, and we're starting to see newer Linux distributions that don't have this either, since they are supplying an incompatible gcc 3.4 version. The good news is that you can drop the needed library into your system without breaking anything else. Here is the library you need, if your Linux distribution doesn't supply it: http://icculus.org/updates/cod/gcc3-libs.tar.bz2 You want to unpack that somewhere that the dynamic linker will see it (if you are sure it won't overwrite any files, you can even use /lib). KONSOOLIS: [root@rott server1]# pacman -S gcc warning: current locale is invalid; using default "C" locale :: gcc-4.2.1-5: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n] n warning: gcc-4.2.1-5 is up to date -- skipping local database is up to date [root@rott server1]# ./cod2_lnxded ./cod2_lnxded: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory