# NuPIC on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

**URL:** <https://discourse.numenta.org/t/nupic-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts/563>\
**Category:** NuPIC\
**Created:** [May 25, 2016, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/nupic-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts/563 "2016-05-25T11:52:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![breznak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/breznak/32/1935_2.png) [@breznak](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/breznak)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/nupic-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts/563/1 "2016-05-25T11:52:34Z")

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Hello,

the new LTS version of the popular Linux OS is available and I’m considering migration; wanted to ask if anybody is successfully running Nupic (and nupic.core) on this version?

Are we still stuck with gcc-4.8 compiler for some reason? (And no limits on clang?)

The LTS upgrade will be available in June, will we consider upgrading the Travis envs at some point too?

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**Author:** ![rhyolight](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/rhyolight/32/3922_2.png) [@rhyolight](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/rhyolight)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/nupic-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts/563/2 "2016-05-25T13:22:09Z")

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I had problems compiling on Ubuntu 15.10, which you [can see here](https://github.com/numenta/nupic/wiki/Compiling-NuPIC-on-Ubuntu-15). You can find even more details by [searching for Ubuntu 15](http://numenta.org/search/?q=ubuntu%2015) on our search page.

I have not tried on 16 yet.

> [@breznak](#):
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> The LTS upgrade will be available in June, will we consider upgrading the Travis envs at some point too?

Unfortunately, we don’t have control over the Travis-CI environment. We’ll get upgraded when they upgrade. 🙄

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**Author:** ![breznak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/breznak/32/1935_2.png) [@breznak](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/breznak)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/nupic-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts/563/3 "2016-05-25T15:54:57Z")

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Thanks @rhyolight, I’ll test it in a VM tonight and spawn new issues along the way 😛

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**Author:** ![helge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/helge/32/131_2.png) [@helge](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/helge)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/nupic-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts/563/4 "2016-06-18T14:36:13Z")

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Created PR #984 for gcc 4.9 (and higher) compatibility (gcc \>= 4.9 requires gcc’s own wrappers for some binutils (ar, ranlib)). Works fine on Ubuntu 15.10 with gcc 4.9.x. The proposed fix might also work with Ubuntu 16.04.

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**Author:** ![helge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/helge/32/131_2.png) [@helge](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/helge)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/nupic-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts/563/5 "2016-06-18T22:12:44Z")

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Just tested PR #984 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with gcc 5.3.1; build and tests (unit-tests, cpp-region) successful.