AdnanHodzic/displaylink-debian

Meta issue for 'failed to create symbolic link '/opt/displaylink/libstdc++.so.6' (Debian)

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#931 opened on May 3, 2024

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#805 #855

Description: Installation on Debian often fails with ln: failed to create symbolic link '/opt/displaylink/libstdc++.so.6': No such file or directory

Potential hacky workaround: https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/displaylink-debian/issues/805#issuecomment-1634037909

Root cause: this code block from 2017 which may or may not be needed anymore... https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/displaylink-debian/blob/512d29bd9e76cf694dcabd19c83e6a3a63242ffd/displaylink-debian.sh#L425-L430

I don't have access to a Debian install and don't have the capacity to troubleshoot this on a VM. I would appreciate it if someone can try do comment out the code block and perform the installation on a fresh Debian install. (so not tainted with a previous displaylink install)

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Test the workaround by commenting out the code block (lines 425-430) in displaylink debian.sh and perform a fresh installation on a Debian system. Verify if the symbolic link error is resolved.
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