Re: Steam game TF2 needs newer libc
Well I upgraded to testing because I was getting impatient, but I will
use this advise you have given me on another computer. I used wheezy
when it was in testing for about six months before it was even with
beta, it's far earlier days for jessie but I love to experiment
anyway. It's good to be a part of something!
Thanks for the tip.
On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 7:19 PM, Karl E. Jorgensen
<karl.jorgensen@nice.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 06:25:24AM +0100, John Tate wrote:
>> An update for steam has come out and now I can't run my favourite game TF2.
>>
>> /bin/sh: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not
>> found (required by
>> /home/john/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/gameoverlayrenderer.so)
>>
>> It's because it is written for Ubuntu basically, I figure testing
>> would have this. Is there a way to have the newer libc on wheezy?
>> Otherwise I might have to upgrade to testing.
>
> Well... Upgrading to testing may be a little severe. At the very
> least, a libc upgrade is a "big thing" when it comes to upgrades: It
> affects loads of packages and thus introduces some risk...
>
> Also, testing is "testing" for a reason: it is usually newer than
> stable, but also less stable. Buyer beware. I suspect it will be fine,
> as wheezy has just been released, and thus "testing" does not diverge
> too far from "wheezy" yet. But that's a constantly changing picture.
>
> I see two other possible ways forward here that might appeal to you:
>
> * Recompile Steam locally - this should end up using your current libc
> version. Lots of fun with getting dependencies needed for
> compilation. And I'm not even sure the source for steam is available
> to start with.
>
> * Download the *.deb for your desired libc, extract it somewhere
> (without installing), and stash the library away in a non-standard
> directory, set LD_LIBARY_PATH to point to that directory before
> launching steam. (or use LD_PRELOAD=/path/to/new/libc). Beware of
> libc's own dependencies.
>
> Hope this helps
>
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