How to fix: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.15' not found

Question

So I'm now desperate in finding a fix for this. I'm compiling a shared library .so in Ubuntu 32 bit (Have tried doing it under Debian and Ubuntu 64 bit, but none worked either)

I keep getting: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version ``GLIBCXX_3.4.15' not found every time I try to load my plugin.

Here's how I'm getting this error:

1. Install latest Ubuntu 32 bit
2. sudo apt-get install build-essential
3. Compile & load my plugin (.so)

Here are some links which I found and tried, but none worked for me:

(My old question: I somehow got it fixed a few days after posting this question, but I can't remember how exactly I did it)

My Question

Another user with the same problem

And another

I see some people fixed it by moving libstdc++(i think) to some directory and then pointing or linking idk what to that directory, but that just puzzled me.

Anyone know a fix?

(Edit:) - Running: strings /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 | grep GLIBC in terminal gives me: strings '/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6': No such file. Could that be the problem? And if so, how do I install this library?

(Edit2:) Anyone else know of a solution?

(Edit3) Still in need of a solution. is there a way to see on which distro a shared library was compiled on? I know I once compiled this same library a while ago, but can't remember!!

(Edit4) ldd my_lib_.so gives me:

    linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xb77d7000)
    libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb76c1000)
    libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb76a4000)
    libc.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0xb74fa000)
    libm.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0xb74ce000)
    /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb77d8000)

ldd program_im_loading_so_into gives me:

    linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xb77d8000)
    libdl.so.2 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0xb77c0000)
    libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0xb77a5000)
    libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb76bb000)
    libm.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0xb768f000)
    libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb7672000)
    libc.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0xb74c9000)
    /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb77d9000)

running strings /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 | grep GLIBCXX gives me:

GLIBCXX_3.4
GLIBCXX_3.4.1
GLIBCXX_3.4.2
GLIBCXX_3.4.3
GLIBCXX_3.4.4
GLIBCXX_3.4.5
GLIBCXX_3.4.6
GLIBCXX_3.4.7
GLIBCXX_3.4.8
GLIBCXX_3.4.9
GLIBCXX_3.4.10
GLIBCXX_3.4.11
GLIBCXX_3.4.12
GLIBCXX_3.4.13
GLIBCXX_3.4.14
GLIBCXX_3.4.15
GLIBCXX_3.4.16
GLIBCXX_3.4.17
GLIBCXX_3.4.18
GLIBCXX_3.4.19
GLIBCXX_DEBUG_MESSAGE_LENGTH

and finally here's my gcc version:

`gcc version 4.6.4 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.4-1ubuntu1~12.04)`

Answer 1

Link statically to libstdc++ with -static-libstdc++ gcc option.

Answer 2

I fixed this issue by installing: sudo apt-get install libstdc++6

In my case, I ran into this issue after installing MongoDB 3.0.1

mongo: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.18' not found (required by mongo)

Answer 3

Just install the latest version from nondefault repository:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libstdc++6-4.7-dev