I cannot install glibc.i686 on a x86_64 system because I get
Error: Missing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.5-81 is needed by package glibc-2.5-81.i686 (base)
glibc-common.x86_64 is installed, but it's apparently looking for i686. There's indeed no glibc-common for i686. There's also glibc.i386 and glibc-common.i386 available, but I think I don't need them.
I have other x86_64 systems that have an installed glibc.i686 and no glibc.i386 and glibc-common.i386. I don't remember how I did that, probably on first install.
How do I get glibc.i686 with yum on the system?
Kai
I'm not sure, glibc-common*.i686 is on the [updates] section of the /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo. Maybe priorities between the repos [base] and updates or [updates] "ENABLED=0"
Take a look in - mirror.centos.org/centos/5/updates/x86_64/RPMS/
Your system version is CentOS 5 ?
I'm sorry, my english is bad - rsrs"
2012/11/22 Kai Schaetzl maillists@conactive.com
I cannot install glibc.i686 on a x86_64 system because I get
Error: Missing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.5-81 is needed by package glibc-2.5-81.i686 (base)
glibc-common.x86_64 is installed, but it's apparently looking for i686. There's indeed no glibc-common for i686. There's also glibc.i386 and glibc-common.i386 available, but I think I don't need them.
I have other x86_64 systems that have an installed glibc.i686 and no glibc.i386 and glibc-common.i386. I don't remember how I did that, probably on first install.
How do I get glibc.i686 with yum on the system?
Kai
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At Fri, 23 Nov 2012 02:05:47 +0100 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
I cannot install glibc.i686 on a x86_64 system because I get
Error: Missing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.5-81 is needed by package glibc-2.5-81.i686 (base)
glibc-common.x86_64 is installed, but it's apparently looking for i686. There's indeed no glibc-common for i686. There's also glibc.i386 and glibc-common.i386 available, but I think I don't need them.
No, this is what you need to run 32-bit apps (on an up-to-date 64-bit CentOS 5 system) [note: the -devel rpms are optional]:
sauron.deepsoft.com% rpm -qa --queryformat "%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n" glibc* glibc-devel-2.5-81.el5_8.7.x86_64 glibc-common-2.5-81.el5_8.7.x86_64 glibc-devel-2.5-81.el5_8.7.i386 glibc-headers-2.5-81.el5_8.7.x86_64 glibc-2.5-81.el5_8.7.i686 glibc-2.5-81.el5_8.7.x86_64
The %{release}s need to match!
I have other x86_64 systems that have an installed glibc.i686 and no glibc.i386 and glibc-common.i386. I don't remember how I did that, probably on first install.
How do I get glibc.i686 with yum on the system?
Make sure you are installing the proper version and have the base AND updates repos enabled.
Kai
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On 11/22/2012 07:05 PM, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
I cannot install glibc.i686 on a x86_64 system because I get
Error: Missing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.5-81 is needed by package glibc-2.5-81.i686 (base)
glibc-common.x86_64 is installed, but it's apparently looking for i686. There's indeed no glibc-common for i686. There's also glibc.i386 and glibc-common.i386 available, but I think I don't need them.
I have other x86_64 systems that have an installed glibc.i686 and no glibc.i386 and glibc-common.i386. I don't remember how I did that, probably on first install.
How do I get glibc.i686 with yum on the system?
That is NOT the latest version of glibc.i686 .. it is the version that is in CentOS 5.8, but have been 4 updates to the CentOS-5.8 glibc since then.
The one thing you are going to need to do is to have the same version of glibc.i686 that you have for glibc.x86_64.
If you really do have 2.5-81 and not glibc-2.5-81.el5_8.1 (or .2, .4, or .7) then it should install just fine. I would bet you have a different version of glibc.x86_64 ... what does this tell you:
rpm -qa | grep glibc | sort
(pay particular attention to see if there is a number after "-81")
And this is a requirement for any multi-lib package, not just glibc ... one should use the same i[3,6]86 package version as the installed x86_64 version to get the install to work correctly.
Johnny Hughes wrote on Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:11:17 -0600:
Thank you both for the replies. This was my own mistake combined with some depsolving weirdness of yum.
I have 386 and 686 excluded from the repo's because of the greediness to install all versions of a package. At least in earlier versions of the 5.x series.
When I first hit the error I checked and commented out the line. But there was no change with the error. I looked on mirror.centos.org and there was no glibc-common.i686. (Didn't look in updates then, but did now, there's really none.)
My mistake was that I commented out the exclude for the base repo, but not for updates. After commenting out for updates there is no problem to get glibc.i686. And it doesn't ask for glibc-common.
Seems there is a dependency in the i686 package that is resolved by the x86_64 package of glibc-common, but as I was accidentally trying to install an older version of glibc.i686 the installed newer version didn't match.
Kai
On 11/23/2012 06:46 AM, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
Johnny Hughes wrote on Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:11:17 -0600:
Thank you both for the replies. This was my own mistake combined with some depsolving weirdness of yum.
I have 386 and 686 excluded from the repo's because of the greediness to install all versions of a package. At least in earlier versions of the 5.x series.
When I first hit the error I checked and commented out the line. But there was no change with the error. I looked on mirror.centos.org and there was no glibc-common.i686. (Didn't look in updates then, but did now, there's really none.)
My mistake was that I commented out the exclude for the base repo, but not for updates. After commenting out for updates there is no problem to get glibc.i686. And it doesn't ask for glibc-common.
Seems there is a dependency in the i686 package that is resolved by the x86_64 package of glibc-common, but as I was accidentally trying to install an older version of glibc.i686 the installed newer version didn't
There is a better way to only get the i[3,6]86 packages you want and not get the rest.
Use this option in yum.conf INSTEAD of excluding i386/i686 packages:
multilib_policy=best
Here is some info on this option:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/14/html/Software_Management_Guide...
The only problem is that for CentOS-5.x anaconda initially installs with the equivalent setting of "all" ... so what I do on new installs is a minimal install, remove i[3,6]86 rpms, add "multilib_policy=best" to /etc/yum.conf, then configure the server the way I want.
You can add specific i[3,6]86 packages and they will continue to get updates, etc ... BUT, only x86_64 will be used when installing new packages unless you specifically also install i[3,6]86
This is the default for CentOS-6, except anaconda actually installs this way too, so you don't need to remove i[3,6]86 packages.
Johnny Hughes wrote on Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:16:41 -0600:
multilib_policy=best
Perfect, thanks! I've never heard of this option before. I've been actively following the list during the first major CentOS 5 releases and I should have noticed it :-) I added it immediately to some systems now.
I didn't know the problem exists only because of anaconda greediness on first package options installation. In that case I may not have needed to exclude at all since I do the initial install with custom kickstart files that install only core plus the packages I want. Good to know.
Again, thanks!
Kai
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