Git Clone GLIBCXX_3.4.29 Not Found on Xubuntu

The Attempt:

This was my first attempt to clone a Github repository on Xubuntu (XFCE Desktop) using VSCode. I did not have this problem with Ubuntu (Gnome Desktop).

• VSCode Version

  Version: 1.90.2

  Commit: 5437499feb04f7a586f677b155b039bc2b3669eb

  Date: 2024-06-18T22:33:48.698Z

  Electron: 29.4.0

  ElectronBuildId: 9728852

  Chromium: 122.0.6261.156

  Node.js: 20.9.0

  V8: 12.2.281.27-electron.0

  OS: Linux x64 5.15.0-113-generic snap

• Git Version

  root# git --version

  git version 2.34.1

• XUbuntu Version

  root# lsb_release -a

  No LSB modules are available.

  Distributor ID: Ubuntu

  Description: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS

  Release: 22.04

  Codename: jammy

  
  

  root# dpkg -l '*-desktop' | grep ^ii | grep 'ubuntu-'

  ii xubuntu-desktop 2.241 amd64 Xubuntu desktop system

The Error Message:

I received an error that included the following:

git clone https://github.com/USER/REPO.git /home/USER/github/REPO --progress

/snap/core20/current/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.29' not found (required by /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libproxy.so.1)

(USER is my username and REPO is the repository name.)

Troubleshooting:

I searched Google and found a myriad of solutions that included:

• Update from "snap20" to "snap22"
• Remove/Reinstall VSCode
• Modify "snapcraft.yaml"

I confirmed my "snap22" library contained the needed GLIBCXX_3.4.29 module. However, I didn't like any of those solutions because they required some underlying "tweeking" that has caused trouble in the past.

The Solution:

I stumbled onto this solution accidentally, and I don't know why it works. Run these commands using the "Git Bash Terminal" in VSCode

cd /home/USER/github

git clone https://github.com/USER/REPO.git REPO --progress