Builds created in Ubuntu 20.04 are throwing error in Ubuntu 18.04

[AlbertoCasasOrtiz]

While solving #2930, I noticed that builds created in Ubuntu 20.04 are throwing error in Ubuntu 18.04 (when executing opensim-cmd). The error is the following:

m-cmd: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by ./opensim-cmd)
./opensim-cmd: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /home/albert/Downloads/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf-ub20-linux/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf/opensim/bin/../sdk/lib/libosimMoco.so)
./opensim-cmd: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /home/albert/Downloads/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf-ub20-linux/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf/opensim/bin/../sdk/lib/libosimMoco.so)
./opensim-cmd: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /home/albert/Downloads/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf-ub20-linux/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf/opensim/bin/../sdk/lib/libosimTools.so)
./opensim-cmd: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /home/albert/Downloads/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf-ub20-linux/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf/opensim/bin/../sdk/lib/libosimTools.so)
./opensim-cmd: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /home/albert/Downloads/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf-ub20-linux/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf/opensim/bin/../sdk/lib/libosimAnalyses.so)
./opensim-cmd: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /home/albert/Downloads/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf-ub20-linux/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf/opensim/bin/../sdk/lib/libosimAnalyses.so)
./opensim-cmd: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /home/albert/Downloads/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf-ub20-linux/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf/opensim/bin/../sdk/lib/libosimActuators.so)
./opensim-cmd: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /home/albert/Downloads/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf-ub20-linux/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf/opensim/bin/../sdk/lib/libosimActuators.so)
./opensim-cmd: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /home/albert/Downloads/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf-ub20-linux/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf/opensim/bin/../sdk/lib/libosimSimulation.so)
./opensim-cmd: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /home/albert/Downloads/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf-ub20-linux/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf/opensim/bin/../sdk/lib/libosimSimulation.so)
./opensim-cmd: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /home/albert/Downloads/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf-ub20-linux/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf/opensim/bin/../sdk/lib/libosimCommon.so)
./opensim-cmd: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /home/albert/Downloads/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf-ub20-linux/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf/opensim/bin/../sdk/lib/libosimCommon.so)
./opensim-cmd: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.26' not found (required by /home/albert/Downloads/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf-ub20-linux/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf/opensim/bin/../sdk/lib/libtropter.so)
./opensim-cmd: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /home/albert/Downloads/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf-ub20-linux/OpenSim-4.4-2023-01-19-228bddf/opensim/bin/../sdk/lib/libosimLepton.so)

The same happens if you try to execute the GUI in Ubuntu 18.04 using opensim-core built on Ubuntu 20.04.

Failed to load one or more dynamic libraries for OpenSim.
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /opt/opensim-gui/sdk/lib/libosimJavaJNI.so: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /opt/opensim-gui/sdk/lib/libosimJavaJNI.so)

I think this problem is highly related to this issue in the conda repository: opensim-org/conda-opensim#15, in which we have problems executing in Google Colab because of a difference in gcc libraries versions. And the creation of a docker package is a good solution to this: opensim-org/conda-opensim#26.

Update: This error does not only happens in Ubuntu 18.04, but also in Debian 10 and 11.

[SietseAchterop]

I had something similar in debian 11.
Maybe related to the following: if you remove/rename the opensim-workspace directory after the build, there are also problems. So the build uses that directory when it probably shouldn't. Confusing.

[nickbianco]

Related issue: #3379. EDIT: not really related.

[AlbertoCasasOrtiz]

I am testing this approach:
https://github.com/wheybags/glibc_version_header

[AlbertoCasasOrtiz]

The previous approach didn't work. I am creating a conda package that builds on Ubuntu 18.04.

[aymanhab]

Thanks @AlbertoCasasOrtiz Let me know when ready so I can try to build a package with moco

[AlbertoCasasOrtiz]

@aymanhab I have just created PR #3418 with the dockerfile to build opensim-core in Ubuntu 18.04. Should I create another dockerfile for opensim-gui?

[aymanhab]

Thanks @AlbertoCasasOrtiz I haven't seen a wide use/need for a docker for building a docker with the GUI, it's typically high-end users of the API that utilize docker.