I have a Perl script which I tried to use PAR::Packer in order to make it a standalone executable so it runs without having Perl on the target machine (because of security reasons).
I used WSL on Windows to pack the Perl script, but the problem I have when I run it on the target machine is the error: "version `GLIBC_2.29' not found".
I ran the command ldd --version and the version on the target machine is 2.17.
The problem I am facing is I cannot install anything on the target machine so I cannot install Perl + PAR::Packer to compile the script and then distribute it to the other machines that are gonna use the script (it's gonna be used in an image so lots of machines).
I cannot seem to find a solution or alternative for this, would love any help from the community.
Edit: the ubuntu on my WSL was ubuntu 22, the target machines runs redhat and not debian variant, IDK which version as they are a custom linux made by the company i work in.
why am i stuck? the main problem is that PAR::Packer isn't working on old ubuntu builds ( before 14) and at ubuntu 14 the glibc is already 2.22 while on version 12 its 2.15 so I need to compile the script on old ubuntu (version 12) but the compiling program (PAR::Packer) only works on ubuntu 14 and above so I am stuck in a loop and would apprentice any help or even alternatives for this problem.
Thanks!
Your problem is that you are trying to build on newer Linux machine, and run the resulting binary on older Linux. That doesn't work (without additional effort).
The simplest solution is to build on the oldest Linux distribution you need to support, possibly in a docker container.
Some other solutions are listed here.