Background: I'm involved with having some software written and then testing it.
The software won't run on either my Wheezy or Jessie systems -- it appears to be an outdated libstdc++ that is the problem. We've tried a few different solutions, including trying to install updated libstdc++ library using dpkg -i and having the package compiled statically (although, for some reason, the programmer couldn't get it completed static, it apparently still needs some share libraries). Getting to the question: I suppose I could as some more questions related to that, but, for now, the next suggestion (aside from upgrading one of my machines to stretch (or whatever the current stable is) is to do something like create a virtual machine and install Ubuntu on it (because the programmer also uses Ubuntu and it works there for him) -- I suppose I might also (eventually) try stretch on the VM. I think I'd install the VM on my Jessie machine, as there is less data at risk there (and, of course, I need to backup that data before proceeding), but the question is: Question: What would you recommend for the software to run a VM under Jessie (that would probably run Ubuntu), and can you recommend a fairly simple set of instructions to first set up the VM, and then at least begin the install process to that VM. Thanks!
