[CentOS] howto install 32 bit libc on x86_64

[Johnny Hughes]

On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 11:46 -0500, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 11:27:56AM -0500, Jerry Geis wrote:
> > >>/ What is the command I need?
> > >For current CentOS 4.4 release:
> > ># yum install glibc-2.3.4-2.25.i386
> > I tried your suggestion and it did not work. see below.
> > yum install glibc-2.3.4-2.25.i386
> 
> That's because it should be glibc-2.3.4-2.25.i686, as you can tell by
> looking in the repository, or simply doing "yum list glibc".
> 
> That said, what you might want to do is
> 
>    sudo yum groupinstall 'Compatibility Arch Support'
> 
> to get all of the "standard" 32-bit packages.

BTW ... you might also be needing:

libstdc++-3.4.6-3.i386.rpm

on your x86_64 distro if you need to run 32-bit programs ...
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