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 -- Karl E. Jorgensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130710091932.GB27266@hawking
