Librewolf 157.0.1-1 and above broken on Ubuntu 20.04
Librewolf upgraded to 158.0-1 today and stopped working on my Ubuntu 20.04 system.
I get an error:
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.29' not found
The highest supported version on my system is GLIBCXX_3.4.28
I can only use Librewolf now if I downgrade to version 156.0.1-1, even the Appimage has the same error.
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I would advice to update to a newer version of Ubuntu if possible.
Why? Has Librewolf officially deprecated support for 20.04? If so, then fair enough. If not, then this is a bug.
Ubuntu 20.04 reached end of life at 31 May 2025. Also, if it's a bug or not is up to the LibreWolf developers to decide.
The package should not install if the required dependencies are not satisfied. The package claims that all dependencies are satisfiable, it installs without error, yet it cannot run. That seems like a bug to me.
And what's your point if Ubuntu 20.04 is EOL according to Canonical? Plenty of devs still package working software for it.
Honest question, what's keeping you on such an old version? Standard support ended over a year ago. Sure, there's "pro" updates, but why bother if you can move to the next LTS?
Does it really matter? If support for a certain version is deprecated, one should not be provided with a broken package to that version. If this is a bug, then it should be fixed.
Strange that the Appimage version also fails with the same error, I thought the whole point of Appimage was to avoid problems such as this.
Apparently so. Neither LibreWolf nor AppImage are run by Canonical, so your choice to run unsupported software on an unsupported system is entirely on you.
LibreWolf's site says this (emphasis mine):
Even if it is a bug, why should someone else put in more effort to fix it than you're putting in to maintain your own system?
And you never answered the question.
Are you a politician? You sure sound like one.
they make a good point though