Linux Garry's Mod server GLIBC error [UBUNTU]

[UniqueGuy]

Hey everyone, I bought a linux vps and I'm setting up a Garry's Mod server, on ubuntu. I've downloaded everything with the hldsupdatetool
and when I try to start the server, I get this error:
[IMG]http://eternal-gaming.co.uk/linuxgmoderror.png[/IMG]

For anyone who is able or willing to help, all help will be deeply and greatly appreciated by me + the community.

Yours sincerely,
UniqueGuy

[NightlyDev]

Debian/Ubuntu use old version of GLIBC. Try to run (as root) :

apt-get update
apt-get safe-upgrade

Or download it : [URL="http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/"]http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/[/URL]

[UniqueGuy]

Hey, thanks for the help, but I've downloaded the glibc-2.1.2.tar.gz, but I don't know where to upload it to. I've got FTP on the WHOLE server, so I'm not sure what part to upload the tar.gz to so I can extract it on the vps. Thank you so much :)

[Kwaq]

you need root shell access

[UniqueGuy]

I have root shell access, I also have FTP to it too, I'll use the tar extract through the root access once I find out where I need to upload it. Do you know where I should upload the tar.gz file? I don't have a clue where to install it or upload the tar.gz for extraction. Thanks man :)

[Perl]

[QUOTE=Kwaq;38503662]you need root shell access[/QUOTE]

If you paid any attention his screenshot clearly shows he's logged on as root.

[NightlyDev]

RTFM in glibc-2.1.2.tar.gz !

[UniqueGuy]

[QUOTE=NightlyDev;38511741]RTFM in glibc-2.1.2.tar.gz ![/QUOTE]

I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you mean.. Please could you explain more in depth?

[Ruzza]

apt-get update
apt-get safe-upgrade

The guy just told you what to do, type them commands in.

[jespercal]

I know the title says [UBUNTU], but I have a Debian server, which has the same problem:

failed to dlopen /***/******/garrysmod/orangebox/garrysmod/bin/lua_shared.so error=/lib32/libpthread.so.0: version `GLIBC_2.12' not found (required by bin/libtier0.so)

I tried doing what was written here, but it didn't work, so I thought perhaps it was targeted for Ubuntu only.

Is there something I can do to fix this problem on Debian?

And while I am asking all this...
Say I was considering changing to Ubuntu instead of Debian, would that be a bad choice to make?

[UniqueGuy]

It says invalid operation safe upgrade.. and yes, I did update the apt with apt-get update.

I hope I can solve this soon, thanks for the help all anyway.