cannot run apt-get after upgrading to ubuntu 8.04

[jz]

I upgraded from ubuntu 7.10 to 8.04 by running 'update-manager -d' on my laptop thinkpad T60. After that, when I run apt-get update it shows the message:

apt-get: relocation error: /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6.so.4.6: symbol _ZSt16__ostream_insertIcSt11char_traitsIcEERSt13basic_ostreamIT_T0_ES6_PKS3_i, version GLIBCXX_3.4.9 not defined in file libstdc++.so.6 with link time reference

[jtholmes (jtholmes)]

did you apply all the existing pkg upgrades available for 7.04 before
executing update-manager -d

[jtholmes (jtholmes)]

Sorry i asked if you applied all pkg upgrades available for release 7.04
that should have been release 7.10

[jz (jzhu4)]

Hi-
Sorry I don't really understand what you mean. I upgraded from 7.04 to
7.10a couple of months ago and today I upgraded to
8.04. Before upgrading to 8.04, the update manager shows my system is up to
date.

On Jan 3, 2008 3:44 PM, jtholmes <email address hidden> wrote:

>
> Sorry i asked if you applied all pkg upgrades available for release 7.04
> that should have been release 7.10
>
>
> ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: None => apt
> Status: In Progress => Incomplete
>
> --
> cannot run apt-get after upgrading to ubuntu 8.04
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/180160
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[jz (jzhu4)]

Hi-

 I found the solution
http://www.linuxdiyf.com/bbs/archiver/tid-68799.htmlwhich is a Chinese
forum. I did as follows:

$ ldconfig -p |grep libstdc++

         libstdc++.so.6 (libc6) => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
         libstdc++.so.6 (libc6) => /usr/local/lib/libstdc++.so.6
$ diff /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/local/lib/libstdc++.so.6
   Binary files /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 and /usr/local/lib/libstdc++.so.6
differ
The two files are different which means there are two different versions gcc
in the system? I found a gcc directory under /usr/local

Then : $ cat /etc/ld.so.conf.d/libc.conf
# libc default configuration
/usr/local/lib

I added /usr/lib to the file and then run :
$sudo ldconfig

On Jan 3, 2008 4:43 PM, Jiapeng <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi-
> Sorry I don't really understand what you mean. I upgraded from 7.04 to
> 7.10 a couple of months ago and today I upgraded to 8.04. Before upgrading
> to 8.04, the update manager shows my system is up to date.
>
>
> On Jan 3, 2008 3:44 PM, jtholmes <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> >
> > Sorry i asked if you applied all pkg upgrades available for release 7.04
> > that should have been release 7.10
> >
> >
> > ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
> > Sourcepackagename: None => apt
> > Status: In Progress => Incomplete
> >
> > --
> > cannot run apt-get after upgrading to ubuntu 8.04
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/180160
> > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> > of the bug.
> >
>
>

[jtholmes (jtholmes)]

Great job
So can we close this bug report

[Jerome Rousselot (jeromerousselot)]

Same bug for me:

* Updated all packages on a Ubuntu 7.10 machine.
* Ran update-manager to upgrade to 8.04.
* Apt-get update gives the same error message as above.
Many other programs fail similarly.

The proposed solution worked.

I suggest to change ld.conf default settings so that it
uses the newly installed version of libstdc++.
People needing to use a local version of this lib by
default should be able to reconfigure ld accordingly,
while it is not trivial to identify the source of the problem.
(I don't even remember why this local libstdc++ version is installed on my machine).

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

I believe there is enough information to confirm this report. There is also a suggested workaround given that seems to fix the issues.

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

[Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)]

I will close the bug because this Ubuntu version is EOL on the Desktop and I'm quite sure nobody will fix this bug.