I am using crunnchbang linux 64 bit. I installed atom text editor but its giving errors when I try to launch it. The output is as follows:
shunya@crunchbang:~$ atom
shunya@crunchbang:~$ /usr/share/atom/atom: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by /usr/share/atom/atom)
/usr/share/atom/atom: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by /usr/share/atom/libchromiumcontent.so)
/usr/share/atom/atom: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by /usr/share/atom/libgcrypt.so.11)
/usr/share/atom/atom: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.15' not found (required by /usr/share/atom/libgcrypt.so.11)
Its clear from the output that it needs some packages called GLIBC_2.5 and 2.14. How can I install these requirements? I tried to search on synaptic package manager if I search for GLIBC there is long list of packages. I am unable to tell which one to install from.
But as soon as I do GLIBC_2.14 OR -2.14 there are no options left.
*update: On trying
sudo apt-get install libc6
I get the output as libc6 is already the newest version.
Its clear from the output that it needs some packages called GLIBC_2.5 and 2.14.
That is incorrect. What it does need is a glibc package that is at least version 2.15 (current glibc release is 2.21).
sudo apt-get install libc6
I get the output as libc6 is already the newest version.
What is that version? You can find out by running dpkg -l libc6.
It's likely that crunnchbang linux was based on debian 7 (wheezy) which was based on glibc-2.13.
Since a given distribution usually does not update the version of glibc, the latest version on that distribution will continue to be glibc-2.13. So your options are:
atom that was built for older distribution, oratom from source, orBe extra careful with that last approach: making a mistake while building or installing system glibc is a very easy way to render your machine unbootable.