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.jorgen...@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 > > -- > 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 > -- www.johntate.org -- 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/cahnfuau+yomwwurnrp3vcozow4ayjqc++r5drp11whp9dfa...@mail.gmail.com