How can I upgrade to glibc 2.36 or later on PopOS 22.04 LTS?
Not at all, realistically – your libc is integral to basically all software, and can't be upgraded without extensive updating of the rest.
Is it possible to upgrade to this version of glibc on PopOS?
Hence that doesn't work.
One of my favorite applications (Anki) now required glibc 2.36 or later for the application to run.
that is a false statement, to the best of my knowledge. You seem to be using a binary that was built for a different platform on your platform; that needs the libc of the actual platform it was built for. Anki itself doesn't require a specific version of glibc. It's just that you're trying to run an incompatible software build!
You should use the anki package of PopOS!, if such a thing exists. If that doesn't exist, check whether there's a containerized solution – for example, a flatpak (you can get these from flathub.org).
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reddit.com › r/pop_os › updating glibc_2.38
r/pop_os on Reddit: Updating GLIBC_2.38
September 25, 2024 -
Hi all, Does anyone have a reliable guide for updating GLIBC to 2.38? I'm trying to run shadPS4 and it's a requirement for the emulator. I know it can be dangerous and brick your OS so it would be nice to get a PopOS vets perspective and guidance. Thanks!
Linux Mint Forums
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GLIBC_2.38 - Linux Mint Forums
January 6, 2025 - I compile my on OpenWrt firnware and usually I had pop-os but ive just installed LMDE and I got that error during build update.
Stack Overflow
stackoverflow.com › questions › 79494884 › r-package-installation-failure-on-pop-os-22-04-glibcxx-glibc-version-mismatch
ubuntu - R Package Installation Failure on Pop!_OS 22.04: GLIBCXX/GLIBC Version Mismatch (readr, googlesheets4) - Stack Overflow
The first error says: "fs.so was built on a system with GLIBC-2.38, but is now running on an older system" (your system has GLIBC-2.35).
GitHub
github.com › shadps4-emu › shadPS4 › issues › 1912
ShadPs4 can't run on Pop Os 22.04 LTS · Issue #1912 · shadps4-emu/shadPS4
December 26, 2024 - I am trying to run Shadps4 on my linux pop os computer, but I get these errors CLI version: /tmp/.mount_Shadps8Rf4eB/usr/bin/shadps4: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by /tmp/.mount_Shadps8Rf4eB/us...
Author shadps4-emu
GitHub
github.com › verus-lang › verus › issues › 1382
Binary release incompatible with glibc version · Issue #1382 · verus-lang/verus
January 10, 2025 - Not sure if this is really an issue or something that you can/want to fix, but the version of glibc required by the GitHub Linux release binary is not supported on some current/recent Linux distros. I use Pop! OS 22.04, which is based on Ubuntu 22.04, and I get this error trying to run the Verus binary from the release: ./verus: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by ./verus)
Author verus-lang
Spotify Community
community.spotify.com › t5 › Desktop-Linux › New-version-from-Debian-repo-requires-GLIBC-2-38 › td-p › 7260853
New version from Debian repo requires GLIBC_2.38 - The Spotify Community
December 10, 2025 - ./spotify: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by ./spotify) This is a problem, because a lot of Linux systems use GLIBC 2.36 (Debian stable, Ubuntu LTS, POP_OS!
Reddit
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r/pop_os on Reddit: glibc issue and upgrading
November 6, 2023 -
I need glibc 2.36 for an application, but pop os doesn't update beyond 2.35. I guess it is so since they have decided to stick to current release until their cosmic DE release. So, can I upgrade glibc myself to 2.36 manually, and should I choose to do it so?
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System libraries are frozen for a reason. Overriding system libraries will break system packages and applications that rely on it.
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IIRC 2.36 breaks the changes that have been made to allow Easy-AntiCheat, unless that has been resolved. For instructions, a quick duckduckgo search yielded: https://iq.opengenus.org/install-specific-version-of-glibc/
GitHub
github.com › block › goose › issues › 3820
Goose doesn't start on linux unless it has GLIBC_2.39 · Issue #3820 · block/goose
August 4, 2025 - Describe the bug I have checked the common issues on https://block.github.io/goose/docs/troubleshooting before filing this report. I'm getting the following error when starting up Goose on a PopOS 22.04 LTS linux machine (Ubuntu/Debian) ...
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Launchpad
answers.launchpad.net › ubuntu › +source › glibc › +question › 708407
Question #708407 “How to install GLIBC_2.38? (newbie)” : Questions : glibc package : Ubuntu
If you need glibc version 2.38 (or higher), then the best way is upgrading your Ubuntu release to 23.10
Bluecherry
forums.bluecherrydvr.com › client discussion
BC Client 3.0.0-beta22 Does not Start on PopOS (latest) - Client discussion - Bluecherry
February 6, 2025 - I just tried to update my BC beta20 to beta22 on PopOS (Ubuntu derivative) and now the client won’t open. Nothing ever shows up. I installed it via the .deb file. I also tried to open the .app image file and I see the following errors: /tmp/.mount_bluechULpFoB/Bluecherry: /tmp/.mount_bluechULpFoB/runtime/compat/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by /tmp/.mount_bluechULpFoB/lib/libflutter_secure_storage_linux_plugin.so) /tmp/.mount_bluechULpFoB/Bluecherry:...
Rocky Linux Forum
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Version `GLIBC_2.38' not found - Rocky Linux Help & Support - Rocky Linux Forum
June 6, 2024 - Installing application on Rocky Linux 9.4 64bit. All goes well except this error: version `GLIBC_2.38’ not found Any idea what I need to do? I figured 9.4 is the most up to date distro. All advise and help is appre…
Ubuntu
launchpad.net › ubuntu › +source › glibc › 2.38-1ubuntu6.2
glibc 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 source package in Ubuntu - Launchpad
glibc (2.38-1ubuntu6.2) mantic-security; urgency=medium * SECURITY UPDATE: OOB write in iconv plugin ISO-2022-CN-EXT - debian/patches/CVE-2024-2961.patch: fix out-of-bound writes when writing escape sequence in iconvdata/Makefile, iconvdata/iso-2022-cn-ext.c, iconvdata/tst-iconv-iso-2022-cn-ext.c.
Arch Linux Forums
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Nix Package Manager "`GLIBC_2.38' not found" Error / Newbie Corner / Arch Linux Forums
October 21, 2023 - Name : glibc Version : 2.38-7 Description : GNU C Library Architecture : x86_64 URL : https://www.gnu.org/software/libc Licenses : GPL LGPL Groups : None Provides : None Depends On : linux-api-headers>=4.10 tzdata filesystem Optional Deps : gd: for memusagestat [installed] perl: for mtrace [installed] Required By : a52dec aalib aha alsa-lib alsa-plugins alsa-utils argon2 attr audacity audit aws-c-common babl base bash binutils bison black-hole-solver blas bluez bluez-libs bridge-utils brltty brotli btrfs-progs bubblewrap bzip2 c-ares cabextract capstone cblas cdparanoia chromaprint cliphist cm
Manjaro Linux
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Gpg: /usr/lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by gpg) - Support - Manjaro Linux Forum
December 21, 2023 - So I have been trying to fix this myself in order to learn more but I am stuck with anything to do with pacman I have seen from other discussions here and on other forums different things and have followed many wiki’s and guides but no progress. Also currently /etc/pacman.conf is set to SigLevel ...
Linux Mint Forums
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/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found - Linux Mint Forums
February 20, 2024 - SOLVED Software vendor released a version of the software that uses an older version of GLIBC (2.35) and all is well.
GitHub
github.com › spacedriveapp › spacedrive › issues › 2039
AppImage doesn't work on systems with Glibc < 2.36 · Issue #2039 · spacedriveapp/spacedrive
February 1, 2024 - Gtk-Message: 00:23:12.008: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: 00:23:12.020: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module``` i check canberra-gtk-module are already install on my pop-os machine ### Reproduction * install pop-os on vm * download appimage * try to open the appimage ### Expected behavior * spacedrive should have worked ### Platform and versions ```Shell LSB modules are available.
Author spacedriveapp
Reddit
reddit.com › r/pop_os › 6.5 kernel
r/pop_os on Reddit: 6.5 Kernel
September 2, 2023 -
Is there any info as to when Pop!_OS will switch to 6.5 Kernel?
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Pop OS will have Kernel 6.5 but you can expect it when it crosses at least 6.5.5. They do test it thoroughly in their various devices. That's why we don't get frequent kernel updates. Frequent kernel updates aren't good either. It can break a lot of functions. However, you can go out of the way and install Ubuntu mainline kernel by yourself but that's not recommended by system76.
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We're releasing 6.4.11 on Tuesday. Then we can look at 6.5 later.