[kwlug-disc] Libc, version and architecture compatibility

[B.S.]

I have seen cases where there are instructions to link to the other .so.

e.g. ln -s libudev.so.1 /lib/i686-linux-gnu/libudev.so.0

Perhaps you'll get lucky and the same will work for you.


On 05/13/2016 11:05 AM, Adam Glauser wrote:
> I am trying to install some proprietary software that has dependencies on
> an old version of the standard C++ library. Specifically, it is looking for
> a file "libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2".
>
> I believe the software is all 32-bit, because I had to install a package
> "glibc.i686". Otherwise the installer would crash with a "bad ELF
> interpreter" error message.
>
> I think this means I should (ideally) find a binary for libstdc++ version
> 1.1 compiled for the i686 architecture. In theory, any 1.n version should
> work, where n > 1, because the C libraries attempt to be backward
> compatible.
>
> I'm am a bit unsure about the following:
> - should binaries work across distributions for the same architecture?
> - to what extent can I rely on compatibility between versions of libstdc++?
> - any tips on how I can hunt down an older binary like this?
> - how practical would it be to try to build it myself?