GLIBC_2.29 & linux

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GLIBC_2.29 & linux

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I'm a licensed user of StarTools. A hard drive crash cost me my working version of the program. I downloaded the current stable version and I cannot get it to run (linux, debian-based distro). I get this error message:

./StarTools-Linux64-GPU: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by ./StarTools-Linux64-GPU)

Is there a work-around? Thank you.
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Hi,

I'm not aware of any up-to-date Linux distros that don't at least support GLIBC 2.29.
What distro are you using? Are you keeping it current?

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Thanks - I'm running Debian 10 ("Buster"), released Oct 9, 2021.
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Hmmm....
Indeed, that distro inexplicably shipped with a rather old (almost 4 years) version of GLIBC (2.28). :(

While I see that Debian 10 is still supported (LTS), Debian 11 "Bullseye" seems to be available as well (which ships with GLIBC 2.31).
Are you able to update to a newer version of Debian, or is this out of the question?

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Thank you for checking on the GLIBC content of both distros. It looks like an update is in order. I tend to run older laptops, but I think I can handle Debian 11.
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tip184 wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 1:09 pm Thank you for checking on the GLIBC content of both distros. It looks like an update is in order. I tend to run older laptops, but I think I can handle Debian 11.
Do let me know how you get on.
The GLIBC 2.29 requirement is an oversight on my behalf. When I re-based my development tools, I wrongly assumed that all major LTS distros at least shipped with 2.29. This is ostensibly not the case. :oops:
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