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Whey I try to run the program Layout Editor (available on this site) on Ubuntu 14.04.1 64-bit LTS I get the following output in the terminal:

$ layout
layout: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.20' not found (required by layout)

I tried the command strings on /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 as following and here is the input and the output:

$ strings /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 | grep GLIBCXX
GLIBCXX_3.4
GLIBCXX_3.4.1
GLIBCXX_3.4.2
GLIBCXX_3.4.3
GLIBCXX_3.4.4
GLIBCXX_3.4.5
GLIBCXX_3.4.6
GLIBCXX_3.4.7
GLIBCXX_3.4.8
GLIBCXX_3.4.9
GLIBCXX_3.4.10
GLIBCXX_3.4.11
GLIBCXX_3.4.12
GLIBCXX_3.4.13
GLIBCXX_3.4.14
GLIBCXX_3.4.15
GLIBCXX_3.4.16
GLIBCXX_3.4.17
GLIBCXX_3.4.18
GLIBCXX_3.4.19
GLIBCXX_DEBUG_MESSAGE_LENGTH

How can I resolve this issue I somehow guess that it is related with GCC but cannot figure out how to fix the problem. Furthermore, I have tried a PPA as suggested on How do I use the latest GCC on Ubuntu? and there is a similar question for an older version of Ubuntu at GLIBCXX_3.4.15 not found. However, after I ran sudo update I get numerous warnings and the list I obtained with the strings command did not have new entries after installing gcc 4.9, so I purged the PPA(Toolchains Test Builds) with ppa-purge. Any help, suggestions on how to proceed are greatly appreciated.

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I was having the same problem when trying to run other program, and found a solution on StackOverflow.

Basically, just do the following commands: Firstly, install:

sudo apt-get install libstdc++6

This should already be installed by default, but try it anyway. If it doesn't solve it, just do the following:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test 
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

I didn't perform the "dist-upgrade" command, but the ones before solved it for me

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    sudo apt-get dist-upgrade solved my problem
    – ady
    Sep 3, 2015 at 23:22
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    problem solved without the need for dist-upgrade as upgrade proposed and updated my system with the latest libstdc++
    – arainone
    Apr 1, 2016 at 22:17
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    repository addition, 'update' and a 'dist-upgrade' were all needed on my end.
    – virtualxtc
    Jan 9, 2017 at 20:33
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    after the update you can check the latest version of GLIBCXX as strings /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 | grep GLIBCXX
    – Krishan Kumar Mourya
    Oct 6, 2017 at 20:37
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    Ubuntu 16.04: In Nov. 2017, adding the 'untrusted, and unsupported' ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test via add-apt-repository updated /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 up to and including GLIBCXX_3.4.24 -- and besides, this updates basicall ALL c/c++/fortran development tools on your machine
    – knb
    Nov 16, 2017 at 8:42
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It happened to me with anaconda 4.0.0 (as @mjp stated), but the fix for me was to run this command in my environment:

conda install libgcc
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    This solved it for me after trying many solutions from other threads.
    – Shawn Anderson
    Oct 23, 2016 at 17:51
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    Works on Ubuntu 16.04 as well
    – fviktor
    Mar 11, 2017 at 2:10
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    this really saved my butt a couple of times!
    – MBZ
    Apr 14, 2017 at 18:38
  • Ubuntu 16.04 - solved it for me.
    – Zhubarb
    Apr 16, 2017 at 8:49
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    this is much better.. worked for me.. was trying to 'import ROOT' in python
    – MycrofD
    Apr 19, 2017 at 11:45
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I had this issue - it was because Anaconda2 didn't have the GLIBCXX_3.4.20 version of whatever that thing is. Only up to .19, the same as yours.

However, Ubuntu's library did have it. So I just created a softlink/shortcut in the Anaconda library to the actual Linux library containing that GLIBCXX_3.4.20, replacing the previous one, and it worked fine after restarting the python GUI (Spyder).

There should be a folder called libstdc++.so.6 in the Anaconda library, which is here: ~/anaconda2/lib. Within this folder is the versions of the script/library-code-thing, excluding the one that you're missing: GLIBCXX_3.4.20

Follow these steps to solve the issue:

  1. go to the right location and backup your current anaconda2 shortcut (change its name so it isn't overwritten):

    cd ~/anaconda2/lib
mv -vf libstdc++.so.6 libstdc++.so.6.old

  2. create a new shortcut using the ln command (I am assuming that I am in the previous location ~/anaconda2/lib):

    ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 ./libstdc++.so.6

  3. restart spyder / other interface you use

It should now work!

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  • for me it was enough to just rename the conda .so, then it found the os version without needing a link
    – Mingwei Samuel
    Mar 5, 2019 at 1:41
  • Other solutions did not work. I think this is one of the ones with the least overhead and least invasive compared to others.
    – Daraan
    Oct 11, 2023 at 16:29
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I solved problem like this (but GLIBCXX_3.4.21) on CentOS but it is not dependent from os. The library is part of gcc compiler so need to install or compile appropriate version of gcc. This is table of versions of gcc and versions of appropriate libstdc++:

GCC 4.9.0: libstdc++.so.6.0.20
GCC 5.1.0: libstdc++.so.6.0.21
GCC 6.1.0: libstdc++.so.6.0.22
GCC 7.1.0: libstdc++.so.6.0.23
GCC 7.2.0: libstdc++.so.6.0.24
GCC 8.0.0: libstdc++.so.6.0.25

( full list of versions is here )

It is not dependent from how to install gcc - it may be installed from package or compiled and installed from sources.

It is possible that system gcc libraries is available instead of newely installed. So need to specify environment variable where to find libraries for example in command line like this:

$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib64 command args ...
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    I fixed this permanently by updating the link /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 to point to the newer version I had at /usr/local/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 with this command: ln -fs /usr/local/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6. The old version remains with no link pointing to it if you need to revert. A bit of a hack but it works.
    – Matthew
    Aug 22, 2019 at 20:44
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Before installing:

This workaround is required to avoid libstdc++ errors while running "extended" hugo with SASS support.

wget -q -O libstdc++6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gcc-5/libstdc++6_5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.10_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg --force-all -i libstdc++6

Installation:

wget -q -O hugo.deb https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/v0.46/hugo_extended_0.46_Linux_64bit.deb
sudo dpkg -i hugo.deb

I found this solution here on the Hugo support forum

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I've had that numerous times through out the years with many different packages. It has always been resolved by:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

If your dist is upgradable, it will almost always bring down a new C++ library and reconfig things such as that they work again. The issue is almost always caused by your system not pointing to the right library. In my case, usually caused by pointing to a cross-compiler version of a library.

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sudo cp /usr/bin/YourGccVersionLibrary/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/bin/YourGccVersionLibrary/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.20 /usr/lib/x86_64_linux-gnu/
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    Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! I recommend editing this answer to expand it with specific details about what this command is supposed to achieve. (See also How do I write a good answer? for general advice about what sorts of answers are considered most valuable on Ask Ubuntu.)
    – David Foerster
    Nov 11, 2015 at 21:47
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    Why cp and not ln -s?
    – A.B.
    Nov 12, 2015 at 8:01
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I had the same issue while installing Ubuntu 18.04 in Virtualbox with the live-server image. I'm not sure what I did wrong but got the same error

"apt-get: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: undefined symbol: , version GLIBCXX_3.4.11"

I was using 64-bit and had to download this file by using

wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gcc-8/libstdc++6_8.4.0-1ubuntu1~18.04_amd64.deb

and installed using dpkg -i. Then everything runs normal with APT.

Then did an apt-get upgrade to make sure all is well.

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This worked for me (even for newer glibcxx such as GLIBCXX_3.4.29)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test

sudo apt upgrade libstdc++6

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