MATLAB: Issue with libstdc++.so.6

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Dear all,
I'm running matlab r2017a on a linux Fedora 25 machine and when I tried to call an external program that required the graphical interface I got the following error.
OpenSees: /usr/local/MATLAB/R2017a/sys/os/glnxa64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.21' not found (required by OpenSees)
OpenSees: /usr/local/MATLAB/R2017a/sys/os/glnxa64/libstdc++.so.6: version `CXXABI_1.3.9' not found (required by OpenSees)
When I used a built-in function of matlab I also got a similar error
Error using waitbar (line 111) Improper arguments for waitbar.
Error in selectRecords (line 8) h = waitbar(0,'Processing records');
Caused by: Error using axes Can't load '/usr/local/MATLAB/R2017a/bin/glnxa64/libmwosgserver.so': /usr/local/MATLAB/R2017a/bin/glnxa64/../../sys/os/glnxa64/libstdc++.so.6: version `CXXABI_1.3.9' not found (required by /lib64/libGLU.so.1)
I checked using the terminal and I've got the latest version of that library installed
sudo dnf install libstdc++ Last metadata expiration check: 0:56:33 ago on Tue Mar 14 13:05:15 2017.Package libstdc++-6.3.1-1.fc25.x86_64 is already installed, skipping.Package libstdc++-6.3.1-1.fc25.i686 is already installed, skipping.Dependencies resolved.Nothing to do.Complete!
Could you please provide some guidance on how to solve this issue?
cheers L.M.

Best Answer

This issue might be due to an incompatibility between the libstdc++ shipped with MATLAB and the libstdc++ shipped with the system that the other application was linked against.
"CXXABI_1.3.9 not found" error message indicates that the libstdc++.so.6 library that is included with MATLAB is missing ABI versions the system needs to draw graphical content.
This is caused because the version of this particular library packaged with MATLAB is older than the versions that come with newer Linux operating systems, which causes compatibility issues.
You can try the following workarounds: 1. Renaming the libstdc++.so.6 library file so that MATLAB cannot find it and is forced to use the system's version of the library. This file is located in matlabroot/sys/os/glnxa64 . Renaming it to libstdc++.so.6.old should suffice. (where "matlabroot" is root installation directory of MATLAB)
2. Forcing MATLAB to load the system version by setting the $LD_PRELOAD environment variable to the newer version of libstdc++.
Also, since you are trying to call an external program from MATLAB, this may be a third party issue. But, you can try setting the library paths correctly in 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' system variable.
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