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 at 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >