From 2182012b9fc4852da08686481c275e579d2f20b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tux Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 22:42:41 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Reflect requirement for glibc 2.14+ In the future, we will provide builds for these older distributions (go-gitea/gitea#551). For now, document the issue and suggest upgrading or building from source. Closes go-gitea/gitea#627 --- content/doc/installation/from-binary.en-us.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/doc/installation/from-binary.en-us.md b/content/doc/installation/from-binary.en-us.md index ec10b8c..c07e1d4 100644 --- a/content/doc/installation/from-binary.en-us.md +++ b/content/doc/installation/from-binary.en-us.md @@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ After following the steps above you will have a `gitea` binary within your worki ./gitea web ``` +## Troubleshooting + +Older Linux distributions (such as Debian 7 and CentOS 6) may not be able to load the Gitea binary, usually resulting an error like ```./gitea: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by ./gitea)```. This is due to the integrated SQLite support in the binaries we provide. In the future, we will provide binaries without the requirement for glibc. As a workaround, you can upgrade your distribution or [install from source]({{< relref "from-source.en-us.md" >}}). + ## Anything missing? Are we missing anything on this page? Then feel free to reach out to us on our [Gitter channel](https://gitter.im/go-gitea/gitea/), there you will get answers to any question pretty fast.