Ubuntu 14.04 libc.a file format not recognized

When I try to compile a simple .c file with gcc I always get this error:

/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.a: file not recognized: File format not recognized

I tried to reinstall gcc but this had no effect

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit

1 Answer

I've solved the problem myself by reinstalling related packages:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall gcc libc6 libc6-dev