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. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 262 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20121122/73262f78/attachment-0005.sig>