(context post by dougztr)

No dice on my Gentoo system. I get the following.

$ bitcoin bitcoin: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.4/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11’ not found (required by bitcoin)

and then

$ ldd bitcoind ./bitcoind: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.4/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11’ not found (required by ./bitcoind) linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007fffc9bff000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00007ffeefbe1000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.4/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007ffeef8d3000) libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007ffeef64e000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007ffeef437000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007ffeef21a000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007ffeeeea4000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007ffeefde5000)

This file isn’t statically linked. I’m only trying to use it because my gentoo system is in a bad state and will take some time to get upgraded to build the source code.

Anyways, thought I’d send a bug report

I get the same: `GLIBCXX_3.4.11’ not found on Debian.

The libg++ is not as new as the one bitcoind was compiled with, and the newer one is not available in stable.

Is it possible to statically link the c++ library? If it is possible, is it something that is an acceptable practice or does it cause problems? Maybe just include the library with the program? When I said static I was only referring to openssl Smiley

We don’t even specify linking glibcxx_3.4.11, so gcc must automatically link it behind the scenes.  There’s probably a compiler switch that would tell it to static link it.  I’m not sure what the licensing issues would be.  Typically, compiler stuff is fully redistributable.