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When i try to install libstdc++ using:

sudo apt-get install libstdc++

I am getting the below error in ubuntu. Do you have any idea about it?

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libstdc++-4.8-doc : Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.4-doc but 4.4.7-8ubuntu1 is to be installed
                     Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.6-doc but 4.6.4-6ubuntu2 is to be installed
                     Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.7-doc but 4.7.3-12ubuntu1 is to be installed
 libstdc++-4.9-doc : Conflicts: libstdc++-4.8-doc but 4.8.5-2ubuntu1~14.04.1 is to be installed
                     Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.4-doc but 4.4.7-8ubuntu1 is to be installed
                     Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.6-doc but 4.6.4-6ubuntu2 is to be installed
                     Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.7-doc but 4.7.3-12ubuntu1 is to be installed
 libstdc++-5-doc : Conflicts: libstdc++-4.8-doc but 4.8.5-2ubuntu1~14.04.1 is to be installed
                   Conflicts: libstdc++-4.9-doc but 4.9.3-8ubuntu2~14.04 is to be installed
                   Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.4-doc but 4.4.7-8ubuntu1 is to be installed
                   Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.6-doc but 4.6.4-6ubuntu2 is to be installed
                   Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.7-doc but 4.7.3-12ubuntu1 is to be installed
 libstdc++6-4.6-dbg : Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.4-dbg but 4.4.7-8ubuntu1 is to be installed
 libstdc++6-4.6-doc : Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.4-doc but 4.4.7-8ubuntu1 is to be installed
 libstdc++6-4.7-dbg : Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.4-dbg but 4.4.7-8ubuntu1 is to be installed
                      Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.6-dbg but 4.6.4-6ubuntu2 is to be installed
 libstdc++6-4.7-doc : Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.4-doc but 4.4.7-8ubuntu1 is to be installed
                      Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.6-doc but 4.6.4-6ubuntu2 is to be installed
 libstdc++6-4.8-dbg : Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.4-dbg but 4.4.7-8ubuntu1 is to be installed
                      Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.6-dbg but 4.6.4-6ubuntu2 is to be installed
                      Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.7-dbg but 4.7.3-12ubuntu1 is to be installed
 libstdc++6-4.8-dbg-armhf-cross : Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.7-dbg-armhf-cross but 4.7.3-11ubuntu1cross1.85 is to be installed
 libstdc++6-4.9-dbg : Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.4-dbg but 4.4.7-8ubuntu1 is to be installed
                      Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.6-dbg but 4.6.4-6ubuntu2 is to be installed
                      Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.7-dbg but 4.7.3-12ubuntu1 is to be installed
                      Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.8-dbg but 4.8.5-2ubuntu1~14.04.1 is to be installed
 libstdc++6-5-dbg : Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.4-dbg but 4.4.7-8ubuntu1 is to be installed
                    Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.6-dbg but 4.6.4-6ubuntu2 is to be installed
                    Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.7-dbg but 4.7.3-12ubuntu1 is to be installed
                    Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.8-dbg but 4.8.5-2ubuntu1~14.04.1 is to be installed
                    Conflicts: libstdc++6-4.9-dbg but 4.9.3-8ubuntu2~14.04 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
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  • Did you recently add any ppas?
    – Raphael
    Jan 28, 2016 at 7:36
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    There isn't actually a package called libstdc++ (possibly you are trying to install libstdc++6? Because of the ++ characters, when apt doesn't find an exact match it treats the package name as a regular expression so in this case it's trying to install any package whose name matches libstd followed by one or more c - many of which conflict, as you can see.
    – steeldriver
    Jan 28, 2016 at 13:21
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    @steeldriver: that is clearly the answer and imho should be an answer rather than a comment (although it would help to be able to explain how to avoid treating the string as a regex). The manpage for apt says that it will treat package names as regexes if they include ., ? or * without mentioning +, so the behaviour is not exactly expected.
    – rici
    Jan 28, 2016 at 17:14

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There isn't actually a package called libstdc++ (possibly you are trying to install libstdc++6?)

When apt doesn't find an exact match to a package name, it treats the given string as a regular expression. In this case the ++ causes it to try to install any package whose name matches libstd followed by one or more c - many of which conflict, as you can see.

Unfortunately I have never managed to figure out how to turn off this behaviour (nothing I have tried in the past using escape characters has seemed to work) - the only solution I know is to be careful to give an exact package name where any regex characters might be misinterpreted, and to make sure the package catalog is up-to-date i.e.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libstdc++6
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  • this should be accepted. Concerning the turn-off: one could write an alias or function which wraps the package name inside a ^PACKAGE$
    – phil294
    May 17, 2017 at 23:07
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First run these commands 

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install aptitude

and then try

sudo apt-get install libstdc++6

or try this search result and install one desired package from listed http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=libstdc%2B%2B

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    +1 Good answer, but isn't the libstdc++ included in the build-essentials?
    – Kev Inski
    Jan 28, 2016 at 6:34
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    Oh and why installing aptitude if you don't use it for installing libstdc++6?
    – Kev Inski
    Jan 28, 2016 at 6:39
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    Thanks for your reply Kev. I tried to give some sort of possibilities in case of not success. And aptitude for handling his error.
    – M.A.K. Ripon
    Jan 28, 2016 at 7:07
  • sudo apt-get update apt-get: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: invalid ELF header
    – mvladk
    Jan 31, 2019 at 8:12
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LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib64/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gcc-4.9 g++-4.9
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    Could you explain why the user must do this and what each command does? (just in case someone else reads your answer and decides to just copy-paste it for the wrong problem?) ;-)
    – Fabby
    Oct 22, 2016 at 12:18

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