1.8.1 (1.9) linux requirements

[broozar]

what are the requirements for the latest shiva webplayer? since the update, i get some messages that my libs are too old, like this one



i am running debian 5. did you compile the engine on ubuntu 10.04 or older? so we might have some sort of guideline how up-to-date the distribution has to be.

[broozar]

ok this is getting ridiculous. obviusly, glibc 2.11 is required, which means you need a distro from 2010 at least, like u10.04. all previous distros are obsolete...

[NiCoX]

Hi broozar,

Indeed we compiled the engine on Ubuntu 10 (32 bits), and tested it on Fedora 13 (32 bits), openSUSE 11.3 (32 bits), and obviously Ubuntu 10 (32 bits).

But I have a question: is there a way, for instance in your case of Debian 5, to install a newer glibc without having to update 10345 other dependent packages and recompile your kernel?

[broozar]

no, i don't see an easy way how to. there are no official packages in the repositories, and even the yet-supported (until q2 2011, actually) ubuntu 9.10 upgrades only to 2.10.2. new packages are only available if you do a full system upgrade ("10345 other dependent packages and recompile your kernel").

[NiCoX]

Thanks for the info, I'll see if we can install an older Linux system for the compilation, or if we can just install another (older) glibc just for compilation purpose on the current compiling machine.

[broozar]

thank you for looking into this.
it would be great if you could support the previous LTS 8.04, glibc 2.7, xorg 7.3, kernel 2.6.24.

[Jnk22]

Hello,

A customer have just had the same problem (/lib/tls/i686/cmov/bibc.so.6:version "GLBC_2.11" not found)

Have you been able to find a solution for this outdated library ?

I can't imagine how difficult it should be for you to keep your soft usable on any kind of any version of os

Thanks a lot

Jnk

[broozar]

updating your customer's OS seems to be the only option, and with updating i mean, upgrading to the latest main release.

upcoming versions of my community installer for linux will include some sort of minimum requirements check (glibc, architecture, video drivers, processor speed, ...)