Re: libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.9' not found

[M Watts]

Jonathan Kulp wrote:
> wing wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > i am trying to run lilypond under some application. However, i got 
> > the following error:
> > lilypond: /usr/lib/mozart/platform/linux-i486/lib/libstdc++.so.6: 
> > version
> > `GLIBCXX_3.4.9' not found (required by lilypond)
> >
> > Since i am a newbie on linux, i am not sure about what infomation is 
> > needed for
> > fixing this problem.
> >
> > Here's some basic info may help
> > OS:  Linux 2.6.25.5-1.1-default i686
> > System:  openSUSE 11.0 (i586)
> > lilypond version: 2.10.33-73.1
> >
> >
> > hope lilyponders can help with this=)
> > thanks!
> >
> > Best, wing.
>
> Hi Wing,
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by using Lilypond under some application.  
> Do you mean you're using a graphical front end to Lilypond?  If so, 
> then I don't know what to do.  If you're using Lilypond by itself, 
> then proceed with following advice...
>
> The first thing I would try is getting the newest version of Lilypond, 
> which is 2.12.2-1.  This is a stable release.
>
> http://lilypond.org/web/install/
>
> I suspect that you got 2.10.33 from the Suse repository, and at the 
> time it was probably the latest stable Lilypond.  2.12 is much better 
> and it's worth installing for that reason (and for the much better 
> documentation), but it might also fix this dependency problem.  If you 
> installed Lilypond using the Suse package manager, be sure to remove 
> it the same way before installing the new version.  To install the new 
> version, download the installer script from the Lilypond site to your 
> desktop, then use the command line:
>
> cd ~/Desktop
> sudo sh ./lil[tab]
>
> (tab-complete the script's filename to be sure it's accurate)
>
> Press enter, then type your password and it'll install.
>
> HTH,
>
> Jon

Follow Jonathan's advice and you can't go wrong.

I too am unsure of your meaning -- while you don't need to compile 
lilypond yourself, the error you report regarding libstdc++ is typical 
of missing header files, needed while compiling applications from source 
code.  This particular error could be solved by installing 
lidstdc++-devel from openSUSE's repository.  But again, it's not 
necessary to do that if you install lilypond via the above method.