glibc not found when trying to install Absinthe?
- by RafLance
I am trying to install Absinthe 2.0.4 on Ubuntu 11.10 on a netbook. When I try to run the install file, this keeps on happening:
rafael@RafLaptop:~/Desktop/absinthe-linux-2.0.4$ ./absinthe.x86
./absinthe.x86: /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.15' not found (required by ./absinthe.x86)
Do I need to upgrade GLIBC? If so, how do I do that?
Since I'm on a netbook I can't use a LiveCD so I wanted to know if there was a way I could fix this issue without reinstalling my whole OS.
Any explanations about what GLIBC is exactly would be great too since this is a learning experience for me. I know that GLIBC is a part of libc.so.6 and so I tried to run sudo apt-get install libc.so.6 but was told that it was up to date. But GLIBC isn't?
I hope this articulates my problem well, if there are any pieces of missing info or questions to clarity my question, please let me know!
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EDIT/UPDATE:
So after some help on the AskUbuntu chat room from user izx, I have gathered the following information/understanding:
-I need to run this program with Ubuntu 12.04 or recompile it from source
-Upgrading libc on Oneiric to 2.15 while possible, is not an easy task and is not officially supported.