Executing binary: `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found

Question

I'm trying to run some pre-compiled code but I'm getting the following error:

./bin/stipdet: /cm/shared/apps/gcc/4.3.4/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by ./bin/stipdet)

I googled the error and saw that some people solved similar problems by deleting the libstdc++.so.6 and adding a new dynamic link pointing to usr/local/lib. But I don't have root access on the system I'm trying to run this on, so I can't add/delete files in that directory.

Does anyone know another way to solve this problem?

UPDATE:
I tried adding the directory of another version of libstdc++.so.6 to the LD_PRELOAD, but it didn't work for me, it still uses the file from the wrong directory.

The same happens when I prepend the correct directory to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Finally, I also tried to remove everything else from the LD_LIBRARY_PATH and then add the correct directory (just to try). This seemed to fix the original error! But now I'm getting the same error at a different location:

./bin/stipdet: /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.9' not found (required by /var/scratch/user/local/lib/libopencv_features2d.so.2.2)

Apparently opencv uses a different glibcxx version, so switching to another libstdc breaks opencv. Is there any way around this problem?

Answer 1

If you've got the correct version of libstdc++.so.6 installed elsewhere (e.g. in your home directory), you can either set LD_LIBRARY_PATH or use LD_PRELOAD, see What is the LD_PRELOAD trick?