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So I am trying to install truDesk on my local system. I am getting this error while running the command npm install -g yarn:

node: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.28' not found (required by node)

My Ubuntu version is Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS and when I am checking for the latest version, it's showing that the software is up to date. As I go through the glibcc error, it requires an Ubuntu version greater than 18. How can I update the version?

This is the application I am trying to download.

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You can try to download glibc from the official source and install it:

wget -c https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.29.tar.gz
tar -zxvf glibc-2.29.tar.gz
mkdir glibc-2.29/build
cd glibc-2.29/build
../configure --prefix=/opt/glibc
make 
make install

Pay attention to avoid breaking your OS environment: you need to specify the prefix and configure the separate path when you are using it.

See this answer on how to use the alternate GLIBC.

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    after make receive : Makeconfig:42: *** missing separator. Stop. – Amir Oct 31 '22 at 17:00
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    @Amir do not run `./configure` in same folder with sources. Make new folder for `./configure` files with `mkdir ../glibc-build` and `cd ../glibc-build` to it. Then run `../glibc-2.29/configure --prefix=/opt/glibc` from the **source** while staying in _glibc-build_ folder. And finally `make && make install` – Alexey Nov 27 '22 at 06:28
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    @Alexey, after doing that it looked solved but after, I tried to run `yarn` in my project but got `node: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.28' not found (required by node)` immediately again. Is there more steps `make && make install`? – rom Dec 24 '22 at 23:00
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    @rom There is no compiled version of GLIBC version 2.28 for version of linux kernel (`5.4.0-132-generic`) in Ubuntu 18.04. If You will compile `GLIBC_2.28` from sources and put it in system lib folder, its just crush your system with "Segmentation Fault", and after hard shutdown - stops booting... Solutions: upgrade your your OS, or compile more recent kernel, then compile all required libraries. – Alexey Dec 25 '22 at 04:36
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    this answer lacks the instructions how to use the new compiled library with the application – trolzen Jan 21 '23 at 16:57
  • the `make` command take forever long for me... – Huantao Aug 30 '23 at 15:09
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Answer from @Dolphin isn't complete as it produces error from make: Makeconfig:42: *** missing separator. Stop.

In my case, to I had to do following:

# Check GLIBC_2.29
ldd --version | head -n1

# Build GLIBC_2.29 from sources
sudo apt-get install gawk bison -y
wget -c https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.34.tar.gz
tar -zxvf glibc-2.34.tar.gz && cd glibc-2.34
mkdir glibc-build && cd glibc-build
../configure --prefix=/opt/glibc-2.34
make 
sudo make install

P.S. If you are trying to run ord just try building from sources, it's much simpler than upgrading ubuntu or recompiling GLIBC

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