[c++] /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version CXXABI_1.3.8' not found

I recently asked for help https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20253515/no-idea-as-to-usr-lib-x86-64-linux-gnu-libstdc-so-6-version-cxxabi-1-3-8 and it got downvoted and closed (I don't know why)

It turns out that "make install" - the make target that installs and implies the target "install-target-libstdc++v3" doesn't actually mean you're ready to go.

I've been stuck for a while wondering what I was doing wrong because I assumed that such a make target would do that for me.

I hope this answer helps at least one other person.

In my case it was gcc 6 the one missing

sudo apt-get install gcc-6 g++-6 -y 

Update

sudo apt-get install gcc-7 g++-7 -y

What the other answers suggest will work for the program in question, but it has the potential to cause breakage in other programs and unknown dependence elsewhere. It's better to make a tiny wrapper script:

#!/bin/sh
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
program_needing_different_run_time_library_path

This mostly avoids the problem described in Why LD_LIBRARY_PATH is bad by confining the effects to the program which needs them.

Note that despite the names LD_RUN_PATH works at link-time and is non-evil, while LD_LIBRARY_PATH works at both link and run time (and is evil :).

Had the same error when installing PhantomJS on Ubuntu 14.04 64bit with gcc-4.8 (CXXABI_1.3.7)

Upgrading to gcc-4.9 (CXXABI_1.3.8) fixed the issue. HOWTO: https://askubuntu.com/questions/466651/how-do-i-use-the-latest-gcc-4-9-on-ubuntu-14-04

This solution work on my case i am using ubuntu 16.04, VirtualBox 2.7.2 and genymotion 2.7.2 Same error come in my system i have followed simple step and my problem was solve

1. $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib64/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
2. $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
3. $ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
4. $ sudo apt-get update
5. $ sudo apt-get install gcc-4.9 g++-4.9

I hope this will work for you

I had the same problem on my Ubuntu 14.04 when tried to install TopTracker. I got such errors:

/usr/share/toptracker/bin/TopTracker: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version 'CXXABI_1.3.8' not found (required by /usr/share/toptracker/bin/TopTracker) /usr/share/toptracker/bin/TopTracker: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version 'GLIBCXX_3.4.21' not found (required by /usr/share/toptracker/bin/TopTracker) /usr/share/toptracker/bin/TopTracker: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version 'CXXABI_1.3.9' not found (required by /usr/share/toptracker/bin/TopTracker)

But I then installed gcc 4.9 version and problem gone:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gcc-4.9 g++-4.9

I've got correct solution here.

The best way to correctly install gcc-4.9 and set it as your default gcc version use:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gcc-4.9 g++-4.9
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.9 60 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.9

The --slave, with g++, will cause g++ to be switched along with gcc, to the same version. But, at this point gcc-4.9 will be your only version configured in update-alternatives, so add 4.8 to update-alternatives, so there actually is an alternative, by using:

sudo apt-get install gcc-4.8 g++-4.8
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 60 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.8

Then you can check which one that is set, and change back and forth using:

sudo update-alternatives --config gcc

NOTE: You could skip installing the PPA Repository and just use /usr/bin/gcc-4.9-base but I prefer using the fresh updated toolchains.

I ran into this issue on my Ubuntu-64 system when attempting to import fst within python as such:

    Python 3.4.3 |Continuum Analytics, Inc.| (default, Jun  4 2015, 15:29:08)
[GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-1)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import fst
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/ogi/miniconda3/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pyfst-0.2.3.dev0-py3.4-linux-x86_64.egg/fst/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from fst._fst import EPSILON, EPSILON_ID, SymbolTable,\
ImportError: /home/ogi/miniconda3/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `CXXABI_1.3.8' not found (required by /usr/local/lib/libfst.so.1)

I then ran:

ogi@ubuntu:~/miniconda3/lib$ find ~/ -name "libstdc++.so.6"
/home/ogi/miniconda3/lib/libstdc++.so.6
/home/ogi/miniconda3/pkgs/libgcc-5-5.2.0-2/lib/libstdc++.so.6
/home/ogi/miniconda3/pkgs/libgcc-4.8.5-1/lib/libstdc++.so.6
find: `/home/ogi/.local/share/jupyter/runtime': Permission denied
ogi@ubuntu:~/miniconda3/lib$

mv /home/ogi/miniconda3/lib/libstdc++.so.6 /home/ogi/miniconda3/libstdc++.so.6.old
cp /home/ogi/miniconda3/libgcc-5-5.2.0-2/lib/libstdc++.so.6 /home/ogi/miniconda3/lib/

At which point I was then able to load the library

ogi@ubuntu:~/miniconda3/lib$ python
Python 3.4.3 |Continuum Analytics, Inc.| (default, Jun  4 2015, 15:29:08)
[GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-1)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import fst
>>> exit()