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I want to install Android NDK on my CentOS 6.5 machine. But when I ran the program, it says it needs glibc 2.14 to be able to run. My CentOS 6.5 only has Glibc 2.12 installed. So I tried to update glibc by:
$ sudo yum update glibc
But after that I found the glibc version is still 2.12, not 2.14.
$ ldd --version
ldd (GNU libc) 2.12
I think glibc 2.14 may not be available on CentOS repositories. So how can I update it to glibc 2.14 on CentOS 6.5?
You cannot update glibc on Centos 6 safely. However you can install 2.14 alongside 2.12 easily, then use it to compile projects etc. Here is how:
mkdir ~/glibc_install; cd ~/glibc_install
wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.14.tar.gz
tar zxvf glibc-2.14.tar.gz
cd glibc-2.14
mkdir build
cd build
../configure --prefix=/opt/glibc-2.14
make -j4
sudo make install
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/glibc-2.14/lib${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
psycopg2 issue ImportError: /lib/libc.so.6: version 'GLIBC_2.14' (I use Centos 6.5 and PostgreSQL v 9.6)
Nov 8, 2016 at 2:54
/usr/local/lib/somlelib.so: undefined reference to 'somefunction@GLIBC_2.23' (the last few digits are the version). To make the compile faster, use make -j8 if you have 8 threads on your cpu etc. Mine completed in few minutes.
Feb 19, 2018 at 9:09
CENTOS 6.10. I replaced this line sudo make install with make install while I was root, because my user was not in the sudoers file
Apr 16, 2019 at 20:51
LD_LIBRARY_PATH comes with its own host of problems. It’s not an ideal solution by a long shot.
Apr 23, 2019 at 13:07
To install glibc 2.14 in parallel, add the configure prefix:
tar zxvf glibc-2.14.tar.gz
cd glibc-2.14
mkdir build
cd build
../configure --prefix=/opt/glibc-2.14
make -j4
make install
Following this process, you'll be able to build 2.14 but you will need to tell the compiler where to look for glibc.
Below are the ways you can expose the glibc to your program.
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/glibc-2.14/lib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
The library is exposed during your current login session.
You can permanently link your new glibc version like so, but please read the WARNING below:
ln -sf /opt/glibc-2.14/glibc-2.14.so /lib/libc.so.6.
Since libc.so.6 is just a symbolic link. Executing the above command will make the link point towards the new glibc library. However this step is not recommended since there are many programs in Linux which depend on older versions and will stop working.
Common alternative technique. Installing GLIBC 2.14 in parallel (Intall it to the /opt directory) Then it is available to the programs which require it without breaking your core OS.
