Getting a Glibc error and Pulsar won't run on Debian

[nikodean1]

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What happened?

Pulsar Edit doesn't run on Debian 11

Pulsar version

110

Which OS does this happen on?

🐧 Debian based (Linux Mint, Ubuntu, etc.)

OS details

Debian 11

Which CPU architecture are you running this on?

64-bit(x86_64)

What steps are needed to reproduce this?

Start a terminal window with the default configuration.
Run ./Linux.Pulsar-1.110.0.AppImage
The following error occurs:

/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version GLIBC_2.33' not found (required by /tmp/.org.chromium.Chromium.f8slYM) Error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version GLIBC_2.33' not found (required by /tmp/.org.chromium.Chromium.f8slYM)
at process.func [as dlopen] (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:1846)
at Object.Module._extensions..node (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1138:18)
at Object.func [as .node] (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:2073)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:935:32)
at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:776:14)
at Function.f._load (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:12913)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:19)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:88:18)
at Object. (/tmp/.mount_Linux.x1TUaN/resources/app.asar/node_modules/nsfw/js/src/index.js:4:14)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1078:30)

Additional Information:

libc6 and libc6-dev are already installed.

[confused-Techie]

Thanks a ton for reporting this issue, but lets please go ahead and keep further discussion of this same issue on the other issues that have already been created for this error:

• Can't run on Almalinux 8 #733
• Pulsar not working in RockyLinux9 #747

[DeeDeeG]

PR #760 has been merged, which should resolve this issue for Debian 11 users.

(We have Rolling releases out which are built on Ubuntu 20.04 now, which should resolve the issue for Debian 11, distros released around that time or newer, and distros based on Debian 11 or newer.)

Determining compatibility with Debian 11 (click to expand):

I can determine that Pulsar should be compatible with Debian 11 now that #760 is merged, by noting that Debian 11 "Bullseye" (https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/glibc-source) and Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal" (https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal-updates/glibc-source) are both using the same version of glibc, version 2.31, per their respective web-based package archive browsing tools.

So, with #760 merged, the latest Rolling release binaries should be runnable on Debian 11 "Bullseye" and any distros based on it, such as Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 5.

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You can get the Rolling release binaries here (https://github.com/pulsar-edit/pulsar-rolling-releases/releases), and beyond that, the next Regular release should include the fix as well.

NOTE: For Rolling, the builds of each OS/arch aren't fully synchronized, and their version numbers may drift very slightly based on the time CI ran for each respective OS/arch. As such, not every "release" on the page has binaries for every OS/Arch. So, if there is no .deb or AppImage for your arch in the latest Rolling release, please do scroll down to the next one that has a .deb or AppImage for your desired arch and get the binary from that version.

Or you may find it convenient to just grab the binaries from our website here (https://pulsar-edit.dev/download.html#rolling-release), which will automatically fetch the most recent binary for the OS/arch you ask for.