What's Wrong with GLIBCXX_3.4.26?

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V8 v9.0 starts to depend on GLIBCXX_3.4.26. That causes the following error in some old Linux environments (e.g. Ubuntu-18.04).

java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /tmp/libjavet-v8-linux-x86_64.v.0.8.4.so: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /tmp/libjavet-v8-linux-x86_64.v.0.8.4.so)

If you are hit by this issue, please run the following commands to fix that. (For Ubuntu-18.04 only)

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install build-essential -y
sudo apt install software-properties-common -y
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt install gcc-7 g++-7 gcc-8 g++-8 gcc-9 g++-9 -y
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-9 90 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-9 --slave /usr/bin/gcov gcov /usr/bin/gcov-9
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-8 80 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-8 --slave /usr/bin/gcov gcov /usr/bin/gcov-8
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-7 70 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-7 --slave /usr/bin/gcov gcov /usr/bin/gcov-7

Then run sudo update-alternatives --config gcc to confirm GCC is upgraded.

There are 3 choices for the alternative gcc (providing /usr/bin/gcc).

  Selection    Path            Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
* 0            /usr/bin/gcc-9   90        auto mode
  1            /usr/bin/gcc-7   70        manual mode
  2            /usr/bin/gcc-8   80        manual mode
  3            /usr/bin/gcc-9   90        manual mode

Then run strings /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 | grep GLIBCXX to confirm GLIBCXX_3.4.26 exists.

GLIBCXX_3.4.24
GLIBCXX_3.4.25
GLIBCXX_3.4.26
GLIBCXX_3.4.27
GLIBCXX_3.4.28