Questions tagged [glibc]
glibc is GNU's implementation of the Standard C library.
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GLIBC_2.14 and C compiler missing from Centos 6.7
I have came across a situation today on my CentOS 6.7 VM, where I'm trying install any package via yum I'm getting the below given error:
yum install gcc
There was a problem importing one of the ...
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C-std headers containing helper functions for system, user and kernel times?
Basically, I am working with Nvidia's new github repos and trying to compile them in a cross-platform setup. Specifically, I am trying to compile them on Fedora 33.
I have run into an issue:
In file ...
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Why would someone use DBUS Proxy?
I am trying to implement an application using this GDBUS API from bluez.
I tried to study ways in which to make calls to the API and I managed to call a function and obtain results.
Here's an example
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How to compile static binary for i386?
I'm trying to compile some code statically (dosfstools) with GCC for i386, using -static and -march=i386, but the libraries, for example /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.a, are not i386 despite the name. ...
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GLIBC_2.32 not found
I've been trying to get one of my python programs to run, however, every time I attempt to execute the file through terminal, I get the following error.
[12432] Error loading Python lib '/tmp/...
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what is __gmon start_?
I'm trying to reverse engineering a loading file, with winhex I found the binary strings by looking on the loading file by using WinHex:
Are those some commands for bash Linux?
it is loading .so ...
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libc-bin half-configured, can't run apt -f install to fix/install packages, can't configure libc-bin because it depends on libc-bin
I have a Netgear ReadyNAS machine which internally runs a modified version of Debian Jessie. I mainly use it as a server and have a few Docker containers which I run on it. I can't upgrade past Jessie ...
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/lib64/libc.so.6: version 'GLIBC_2.14' not found in Redhat 6.5, for running a software in non-desktop version of Linux
Whenever I try to run a software, my red hat 6.5 Linux server displays
grok :/lib64/libc.so.6: version 'GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by grok)
(grok is a file which I use need to run my simulation ...
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Dynamic Linking when Migrating C++ Program from Solaris to Linux
The Problem
I'm attempting to migrate a legacy application's build process from an older Solaris machine to Linux, specifically, RHEL 7.7. The application was originally built using Solaris Studio (...
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Emulating an AARCH64 Binary calling libgps on x86_64 Ubuntu using QEMU gives “Error relocating: symbol not found” Errors
This is similar to the issue posted here and here. I want to reverse engineer a binary called gpslogger but before debugging it using GDB, I wish to simply emulate it using QEMU (qemu-aarch64) since ...
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Error on building gcc cross compiler toolchain
I'm following this guide to build a linux system for learning experience
On the the guide at the section titled GCC (Static), I'm having an error, on running the command `
$ ln -vs libgcc.a `${...
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`aarch64-linux-musl-cross` has a broken link for `ld-musl-aarch64.so.1`
The goal
I want to run an ARM64 Go binary on x86_64 Kali Linux using QEMU user mode.
The problem
I got aarch64-linux-musl-cross.
~$ wget https://musl.cc/aarch64-linux-musl-cross.tgz
~$ tar -xvf ...
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installed wrong libc6 package and broke system
Background
I was attempting to upgrade my libc6 version in a "not" nice way. It all started with me trying to update my MariaDB from 10.1 to 10.2. I somehow then managed to find out that ...
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What if I wanted /etc to be called something else?
Aside from the kernel itself, the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard is perhaps the only major feature common to all linux systems. Some obscure distributions modify it only slightly: stali, for example, ...
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-lcrypt error cross compiling 64 to 32
I am trying to compile dirtycow exploit file which can be found in here.
gcc -pthread dirty.c -o dirty -m32 -lcrypt
Because my target is 32 bit I compile it with -m32 and -lycrypt to make sure it ...
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Why ltrace doesn't show a call to glibc __nss_configure_lookup()
I'm trying to understand how ltrace command works.
So I've been poking around in /etc/nsswitch.conf. I have a "hosts: resolve" line in there - it tells glibc to dynamically load nss-resolve ...
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Can a process background itself?
Can a process background itself?
What would be a Perl and/or C implementation of this?
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Snaps failing when trying to run alacritty
I'm trying to run alacritty on a near-fresh install of Ubuntu. As far as I can tell I followed the guide, and running infocmp alacritty doesn't return an error, though the response is unintelligible ...
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Python Import Error (GLIBC)
I am working with the PySide2 and Shiboken2 modules in Python 3 for Qt GUI development. Shiboken 2 is throwing an error when running.
The Miniconda package came with libstdcxx-ng 8.2.0 and libgcc-ng 8....
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ImportError: /lib64/libc.so.6: version 'GLIBC_2.14' not found
I am using Python 3.7 on unix and installed the PySide2 and shiboken2 modules in order to run a Qt based GUI. The modules installed without an issue, however shiboken2 is throwing errors when calling ...
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What would be an effect on the system when we try to forcefully delete /etc/ld.so.preload file?
I have been doing my research around this command.
rm -f /etc/ld.so.preload
The script which currently I am analyzing, starts with above command.
Note:
I tried doing my research around "ld.so....
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“Segmentation fault (core dumped)” is given back when launching most apps on archlinux after upgrade
Noob here !
I have archlabs which runs on archlinux. After normal upgrade, most apps do not run (texmaker, qt5ct ...), when running them from terminal they give the error : "Segmentation fault (...
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Same locale, different distrib, inconsistent behavior
I migrate a system from a CentOS 6.9 VM to a Debian 10 Docker container, and I can't explain why thousands separator differs. Same locale (fr_FR.UTF-8), same version of the locale yet different ...
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Docker container shows, “sleep: cannot read realtime clock: Operation not permitted”
When I run apt-get dist-upgrade in Docker container, I'm getting,
Unpacking libc6:i386 (2.31-1) over (2.30-8) ...
Setting up libc6:i386 (2.31-1) ...
Checking for services that may need to be restarted....
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compiling old glibc on arm fails with undefined references in nis and nss
It seems to have become a bit complex, so first some background:
I need to compile self-contained programs that run on arm systems with glibc versions typically between 2.13 and 2.17.
When trying to ...
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Is there a glibc-compat or equivalent for CentOS 8?
I'm a new maintainer for an old codebase written in C++, targeting the C++0x standard, with several gcc and g++ dependencies in the code. I'm concerned about keeping the dependencies of this program ...
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LD_LIBRARY_PATH in Debian
I just followed the advice here:
How to update glibc to 2.14 in CentOS 6.5
as an Android related program has been complaining about glibc-2.29
Everything seemed to compile and now in the /opt ...
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rpcbind is opening port 873 UDP but rpcinfo -p shows no program bound to that port
I'm looking at lsof -i output on several Linux servers in our environment and finding that rpcbind opens the usual port 111 in both TCP and UDP protocols, but also opens port 873 UDP for no apparent ...
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Circular dependencies when installing glibc
I am trying to install python3-pygrib on CentOS 7. First I needed to install eccodes, libpng and pyproj. Before those libraries, I need to install glibc231. I ran into circular dependencies trying to ...
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How to start TeamSpeak3 Client | Centos 7
Im running a centos-release-7-8.2003.0.el7.centos.x86_64 with a GNOME 3.28.2
I installed TeamSpeak3-Client-linux_amd64-3.5.2.run but when I try to start it I get the following error:
./...
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linking .so file to newer GLIBC on SLES 11
I want to use the rocksdbjni.so on SLES 11 but I noticed that it is dependent to GLIBC_2.12:
librocksdbjni.so: /lib64/libpthread.so.0: version `GLIBC_2.12' not found (required by librocksdb.so)
The ...
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What mandates the _start entrypoint (kernel, ld-linux.so, etc.)?
I know that ELF executable files need to have a visible _start subroutine where the execution begins. However, from what I can understand, the Kernel actually calls in ld-linux.so (or some other ...
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CentOS, using different glibc version
I followed this question: How to update glibc to 2.14 in CentOS 6.5
Did all the steps mentioned, everything is installed as it should be. However when I check the version, it still is:
I am using ...
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Nvidia driver installation error
I'm new to the Linux world and I have a problem that is ruining my experience right now. I have installed Linux Mint 19.3 on my Laptop and immediately noticed a lot more battery drainage compared to ...
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Why is the integer value of SIGRTMIN (first real-time signal) 34 and not 32? [duplicate]
Examining the output of kill -l command
$ kill -l
1) SIGHUP 2) SIGINT 3) SIGQUIT 4) SIGILL 5) SIGTRAP
6) SIGABRT 7) SIGBUS 8) SIGFPE 9) SIGKILL 10) SIGUSR1
11) SIGSEGV 12) SIGUSR2 13) ...
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Is sigprocmask() not working correctly?
(Sorry for the long post but I wanted to be as accurate as possible)
I was trying to print the signal mask of the main thread while writing a C program, when I came across something strange regarding ...
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Why doesn't the Linux kernel have optimized functions like glibc does (e.g., memchr, strchr)?
When I try to implement the C string library myself, I found that glibc and the Linux kernel have a different way to implement some functions. For instance, glibc memchr and glibc strchr use some ...
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Why can't I use openmp after installing glibc2.14
I want to compile a software with icc, but he needs glibc2.14.
Before glibc was installed, openmp was used, and 24 cores could be effectively used.
But after I installed it, I didn't use icc, he also ...
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Compiling GCC against a custom built GLIBC
I was trying to compile GCC 9.2 against a custom built GLIBC 2.30. I have installed GLIBC in a non-standard location. Then I have followed these steps to compile GCC:
sfinix@multivac:~$ GLIBCDIR=/...
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LFS - Should Glibc be patched in Section 5.7?
I'm currently working my way through the Linux From Scratch (LFS) book, but I'm a bit confused about when to apply patches.
In Section 5.7 the goal is to build glibc. The section have a pretty ...
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How/Shall I keep libc and kernel in sync?
If I compile latest kernel from kernel.org, make a deb package and install it on my Debian system, shall I worry about libc (and any other libraries?) and kernel being out-of-sync?
I vaguely ...
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Using libhugetlbfs to transparently back up glibc malloc calls in a multi-threaded application
I'm trying to back up the memory allocations of a multi-threaded application with 1GiB hugepages using libhugetlbfs. However, only the main thread allocations are being assigned hugepages. If I ...
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Which package contains libc manpages?
Which package does contain manpages for standard C functions? I have installed glibc and gcc but there are only POSIX manpages.
I mean manpages like strlen.
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mono dependencies on CentOS 7
I am trying to install mono as described here. In the root shell...
su root
I tried following command
yum install mono-devel
as mentioned on the web-page, but got stuck at installation of ...
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What is the publickey for in nsswitch.conf
As I understand it the getent tool is used to query the Name Service Switch. In the getent man file all the different entries (plus a few more) from nsswitch.conf is listed, except the publickey one. ...
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How do I change the output of `date` back to 24-hour format?
Apparently a recent change (in Glibc 2.29?) causes the date command to start printing times in 12-hour format:
$ date
Fri 23 Aug 2019 07:34:13 PM PDT
This is for my default locale
$ cat /etc/locale....
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Check the actual glibc version used
I want check the glibc version used by toolchain to build code for the target system (ARM).
In toolchain directory I tried
strings /sysroot/lib/libc.so.6 | grep GLIBC
the output is
GLIBC_2.4
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building glibc for old kernel
I configured build with this command and built it using make
Now I'm trying to create deb package with this settings
but i failed with this error
FATAL : kernel too old
how can i do it?
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steam / libc6 (i386) installation fails
uname -a returns
Linux mypcname 4.15.0-58-generic #64-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 6 11:12:41 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
lsb_release -a returns
Distributor ID: LinuxMint
Description: Linux ...
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Failed sanity check at LFS 5.7.Glibc-2.29
I want to cross-compile LFS on CentOS v. 7.6.1810 with no sudo rights (I want to customize my environment on server). One problem is that globally a lot of packages are outdated (for instance, python ...
