glibc is GNU's implementation of the Standard C library.
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Installation of glibc in my directory
Hi for the reason here, I would like to install glibc in my own directory.
I tried to follow the "HOWTO" here
wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libc/glibc-2.7.tar.gz
tar xzvf glibc-2.7.tar.gz
wget https:/...
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“ /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.7' not found” Error when installation of R package
I met a problem when trying to install a R package called "GenomicFeatures",
Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) :
unable to load shared object '$HOME/.R325/lib64/R/library/RCurl/libs/...
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CentOS 6 glibc Update issue
my centOS version is centos-release-6-6.el6.centos.12.2.x86_64
I have executed the following commands to extract and install glibc-2.15
tar zxvf glibc-2.14.tar.gz
cd glibc-2.14
mkdir build
cd build ...
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create new locale on centos 6
Last Night there was power failure and the system was shutdown.
When system was stated in morning, PostgreSQL db server could not start.
While looking at the pgstartup.log file, following lines were ...
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Receiving “Illegal Instruction” when executing glibc's ld-2.6.1.so
Background
"OS": Stripped down Linux, very customized, no internet access (no yum, apt-get, etc)
Kernel: 2.6.19.1
Target: 32-bit, armv5te
Current LibC: 2.3.6
Target LibC: 2.6.1
Issue
Received ...
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GNOME shell periodically crashing
I'm on a laptop running Arch Linux. As of a series of updates applied this morning, I've had some issues with GNOME crashing, and being reloaded, forcing me to log in again -- and while my tmux ...
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Applications reporting “Illegal instruction” after upgrading glibc
Background Info:
Linux OS: Stripped down, minimalistic and very customized (no apt-get, yum, etc)
Linux Kernel: 2.6.19.1
Current glibc version: 2.3.6
Target glibc version: 2.6.1
Issue:
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Trouble compiling and running programs with g++ and libc in non-standard locations
When attempting to compile and run a program using a non-standard version of gcc in a non-standard location, I get errors which I have found are due to the system version of libc (specifically some ...
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Compiling different kernel version
Are there any rules about what versions of the kernel you can successfully compile and run against a particular OS software base?
That is, supposing I'm on Ubuntu 16.04, which includes some ...
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Different function offset for same libc version
This is for a pwnage challenge. I have two virtual machines. Both are running glibc 2.19. But, when I analyze the function offset in both, it is different in both of them.
As per my knowledge, same ...
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LD_LIBRARY_PATH not working - centos
I try to set new location for Glibc but LD_LIBRARY_PATH not working.
I followed the first answer here:
How to update glibc to 2.14 in CentOS 6.5
And when I run the script at the end:
[taviad@...
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Various shells won't run a binary that exists
I downloaded several pre-built binaries of the same program (nodejs-linux, -x86, -x86_64). In different shells I get a similar error that no such file or directory: node. The $PATH is correct and the ...
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Are keywords in resolv.conf case sensitive?
Looking around I have found out the following about /etc/resolv.conf valid formatting:
Trailing whitespace is allowed
Leading whitespace is NOT allowed
DNS records are case insensitive, though you ...
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cp with reflink flag: how to determine if reflink is possible?
When I copy a file using reflink option, e.g.,
cp --reflink foo bar
how and what stage in execution of cp determines if the underneath file system supports COW. I tried looking into coreutils/src/cp....
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Compiling Firefox 50 under GLibc 2.12
I've successfully been able to configure the latest Firefox (source) without errors. All the required dependencies are in place (i.e. GCC 4.9.2 via devtoolset-3, Python 2.7, Yasm, libffi 3.2.1, and on)...
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AMD Catalyst 15.302 Build Failure on Ubuntu Server 14.04.05
I'm trying to install the proprietary drivers for my Radeon R9 Fury graphics card. The files are fglrx_15.302, etc., and I'm getting them from here at AMD Drivers:
I'm installing on Ubuntu Server 14....
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Is it possible to recover from corrupted libc on Redhat?
I have created the following unfortunate situation.
While trying to resolve this error when running a binary :
/lib64/libc.so.6 : version 'GLIBC_2.15' not found
Looking further I found that libc....
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Compile new boost library on linux with ancient kernel
I try to compile the newest boost library (1.62.0) on a Linux system with kernel version 2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 (from uname -r), and 2016 intel c++ compiler using gcc 6.1.0.
The new intel c++ compiler ...
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CentOS 7: enabling blowfish hashes for password authentication
In our organization, we are distributing pre-hashed password values for a number of local accounts. Currently, these accounts' passwords are hashed using Blowfish ($2a$[...]) or Blowfish-8-bit ($2y$[.....
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How to deal with “scriptlet failure in rpm package glibc” during upgrade to Fedora 24?
Actual message (from photo, not recorded in dnf system-upgrade log -1):
Upgrading : glibc-2.23.1-18.fc24.x86_64 28/4874
warning: %trigger(cronie-1.4.12-1.fc21.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status ...
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Highest version of glibc working on actual 386 hardware
I need to build a working minimal Linux environment that will run on ACTUAL 386 class hardware. I know that I have to use kernel <3.8, which is not a problem. The issue is with glibc, as it seems ...
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Why doesn't unsetenv() modify /proc/pid/environ?
I was just looking at this question and wrote a noddy program to demonstrate unsetenv() modifying /proc/pid/environ. To my surprise it has no effect!
Here's what I did:
#include <stdio.h>
#...
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LFS: What is the toolchain and why is it important?
I'm going through Linux from Scratch and I'm on the page that discusses the toolchain. Up until this point I've understood everything, but I don't understand the term "toolchain".
From what I've read ...
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Redhat and Centos servers glibc errors
Please forgive if I am not wording this correctly and my current lack of information, but I am losing my mind trying to figure this out and I am not currently behind the servers in question. I have ...
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Running C++11 library with older libc
I have written a shared library using C++11 features, compiled with gcc 4.8, libc 2.18, which needs to be run on a client's CentOS 6 machine, which has gcc 4.4.7, libc 2.12. There are some symbols in ...
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Constraints on gcc / glibc versions between build and run
Probably a basic question but I did not manage to find a clear answer to it:
Let's say I am compiling a code (with some parts in C) on a build server and run it on a different server. The build ...
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Compiling Apache with another glibc version
My system has an old glibc version. I compiled the new version [2.23] into /FaF/glibc.
Due to the fact the new glibc version is not compatible with SLES 11 SP2 & SP3 I have to use the linker ...
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Updating glibc to 2.21 on CentOS
I'm not very experienced with Linux, so please bear with me. I need to install MySQL 5.6 on a CentOS box. I found what seemed to be a simple tutorial, but the first command (sudo yum install my-sql-...
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What would suddenly cause programs to read /etc/ld.so.preload when they start up?
Apparmor enforcement messages have begun appearing in the syslog of a Trisquel 7 machine. The affected programs requested open of the file /etc/ld.so.preload, in read mode and were denied by apparmor ...
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How to install or update GLIBC_2015
I am trying to run Telegram messaging application in Wheezy 7.9.0. When I run it using bash (./Telegram), the following output is shown :
/lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.15' ...
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can not install mysql-server on centos 6.7 32bit . Error: need rpm?
when I try to install mysql-server on centos with this command:
yum install mysql-server
server replies:
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security
Setting up Install Process
Loading mirror speeds ...
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Non-Root Container
I'm attempting to create some kind of gentoo "subsystem" without root permissions. I've encountered a problem with my approach and I'm wondering if it's possible to do or not. The way I'm attempting ...
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How can I compile a more compact glibc?
While trying to create an x86-64 appliance, I naturally wanted to compile glibc 2.23. I managed to do so through
mkdir build
cd build
../configure --enable-kernel=2.6.32
--with-headers=/path/to/...
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Locally-installing glibc-2.23 causes all programs to segfault
I'm trying to upgrade glibc on a system on which I do not have root access. Therefore, I'm installing to a local prefix. I would like some help understanding best practices for setting this up, as ...
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yum update glibc - ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve:
I want to update my system with yum update but I get only errors starting with these two lines:
Running rpm_check_debug
ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve:
Then, I tried only to update the ...
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Compiling Glibc, differently
I'm attempting to compile and package Glibc for what may eventually become my own Linux distribution. --with-headers=directory allows me to tell Glibc that the kernel headers are in a different place....
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Is Chromium OS a GNU/Linux distro?
I want to ask, if Chromium OS is a GNU/Linux distribution or is it a non-GNU Linux-based operating system like Android, webOS or Syllable Server. Does Chromium OS use GNU C Library, GNU coreutils etc.,...
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Glibc Patch for getaddrinfo() vulnerability
I have been seeing a lot about the newly discovered vulnerability in the glibc library which can be exploited (albeit with difficulty) by attackers.
Here is a (fire and brimstone) article on the ...
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Debian wheezy updates broke tr command [closed]
After I updated the following packages yesterday in debian wheezy, tr command stop working.
Start-Date: 2016-02-16 23:10:06
Commandline: apt-get dist-upgrade
Upgrade: libkrb5-3:amd64 (1.10.1+dfsg-5+...
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Unexpected sort order in en_US.UTF-8 locale
While trying to answer this question about SQL sorting, I noticed a sort order I did not expect:
$ export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
$ echo "T-700A Grouped" > sort.txt
$ echo "T-700 AGrouped" >> ...
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GLIBC not loading even after source compilation
While I am installing chef , I am getting below error.
[root@centos Tools]# chef-server-ctl reconfigure
/opt/opscode/embedded/bin/ruby: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by /...
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How to redirect linker share library default path /lib64/libc.so.6, /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found
My linux machine is x86_64-redhat-linux.
However I am using another arm tool chain aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc on this machine to build(I don't need to run what I build on this machine, just build, so it ...
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Ubuntu unzip error: sysmalloc assertion failed
I'm trying to unzip a multipart zip file (that I had originally zipped in Windows using WinRAR). The file consists of 4 parts: me.zip and me.z01, me.z02, me.z03 and me.z04.
The command I'm using to ...
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How can I check whether my cross-compilation of a dynamic library has been done correctly?
I used my arm toolchain to compile the glibc library, I have already deployed this on the target device (linux) with no issues.
How can I be sure that my compilation and deployment is done correctly ...
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Building glibc doesn't produce 64 bit libc.so.6
I'm trying to build glibc with a 64bit version of libc.so.6 since a library I'm trying to use wants glibc_2.14+ but it isn't provided because the system I'm running on I don't have root access and the ...
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How to remove a broken installation of glibc
I just attempted to install glibc version 2.19 to my computer as follows:
1) I cloned the glibc git repo with
$ cd ~
$ git clone git://sourceware.org/git/glibc.git
2) I checked out version 2.19 ...
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Find out glibc compilation options
I want to find out which compiler/linker options were used to compile the GNU C Standard Library (glibc) when installing Linux. In particular I want to get the same result of the archive libc.a when ...
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What's the advantage of locale archives over locale files spread out in directories?
I am quite curious about why locale-archive files are preferred in many Linux distros and what and to which extent its advantage over compiled files for each locale would be.
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New signal arrives while execution is in a signal handler, how to decide which is first?
I am working on a tool handling a massive amount of signals (with different signums) with sigaction().
I need to handle the case, if a new signal is coming, while the previous was in a signal handler....
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Specifying local libc does call global libc?
If I run the command foo specifying a a different libc to use as follows:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PATH_TO_MY_CUSTOM_LIBC foo
Is the globally defined libc used to run any of the command given above?
For ...
