WhiteboxTools v2.2.0: GLIBC_2.35 problem

[aborruso]

Hi,
I have downloaded and extracted the zipped binary of this linux release.

When I run it I have

whitebox_tools: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.35' not found (required by whitebox_tools)
whitebox_tools: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.33' not found (required by whitebox_tools)
whitebox_tools: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.32' not found (required by whitebox_tools)
whitebox_tools: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.34' not found (required by whitebox_tools)

Is there a way to solve it?

Where is it possible to download the previous release binary?

Thank you

[jblindsay]

I compile using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. If you are using an older version of Ubuntu, or different flavour of Linux, you're best compiling from source. See the new build.py script, which should make it much easier. Just be sure Rust is installed on your machine first. Admittedly, I'm not sure what to do about Linux support. It seems that there are many people who are using older versions and the GLIBC dependency causes all kinds of mayhem. I don't know of a way to support all flavours of Linux, which makes this a much more difficult target to support than either Windows or macOS. I'm open to suggestions.

[aborruso]

Thank you very much. I will try to compile it.

Could you make the old version available too?

[aborruso]

Hi, I have used build.py and it works great.

Thank you!!

[jblindsay]

Great to hear. I spent a fair bit of yesterday writing that build script. It certainly has made it a lot easier creating a new release of WBT. Before, copying all the various files into the appropriate directory on each of macOS, Linux, and in particular, Windows, was so painful!

[giswqs]

I have complied WBT on Ubuntu 18.04. You can download the binary from here. I have tested it on Google Coab with GLIBC 2.27, and it works fine. Here are the steps I took to compile WBT:

• Download Ubuntu 18.04 VirtualBox image from https://www.osboxes.org/ubuntu/
• Install Rust
• Clone WBT repo
• Compile it

It took ~35 mins to compile and get the binary.

The binary complied from older version GLIBC is compatible with newer version GLIBC. @jblindsay If you can replace the binary in the zip file with the newly compiled binary, that should solve the issue for Linux users with an older version GLIBC.

[aborruso]

Thank you. I have compiled it, and it works!!

[jblindsay]

Thanks @giswqs, I'll replace the binary in the official binary this evening before tomorrow's release announcement.

[jblindsay]

When I visited the VB page, the link to the preview version was dead. Anyhow, I just uploaded your version of the compiled binary for Linux to the Whitebox site and it's now available. Thanks again.

[giswqs]

It seems the executable permission got lost after downloading from Google Drive. You might need to change the permission of the executable (chmod 777 whitebox_tools) before adding it to the zip file.

[jblindsay]

I'm on it...

[jblindsay]

Okay, fixed!

[giswqs]

It works now. Thanks.