RHEL 6 - how to install 'GLIBC_2.14' or 'GLIBC_2.15'?

Question

I need these 2 packages installed on RHEL 6 linux system. They are required by several other programs.

When I do:

sudo yum install glibc-devel

this is output:

Loaded plugins: product-id, security
Setting up Install Process
Package glibc-devel-2.12-1.166.el6_7.1.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do

Is there some EPEL with GLIBC_2.15 for RHEL? If not - what is a workaround here?

Answer 1

This often occurs when you build software in RHEL 7 and try to run on RHEL 6.

To update GLIBC to any version, simply download the package from

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libc/

For example glibc-2.14.tar.gz in your case.

1. tar xvfz glibc-2.14.tar.gz
2. cd glibc-2.14
3. mkdir build
4. cd build
5. ../configure --prefix=/opt/glibc-2.14
6. make
7. sudo make install
8. export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/glibc-2.14/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Then try to run your software, glibc-2.14 should be linked.

Answer 2

Naive question: Is it possible to somehow download GLIBC 2.15, put it in any folder (e.g. /tmp/myglibc) and then point to this path ONLY when executing something that needs this specific version of glibc?

Yes, it's possible.

Answer 3

For another instance of Glibc, download gcc 4.7.2, for instance from this github repo (although an official source would be better) and extract it to some folder, then update LD_LIBRARY_PATH with the path where you have extracted glib.

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$glibpath/glib-2.49.4-kgesagxmtbemim2denf65on4iixy3miy/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$glibpath/libffi-3.2.1-wk2luzhfdpbievnqqtu24pi774esyqye/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$glibpath/pcre-8.39-itdbuzevbtzqeqrvna47wstwczud67wx/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$glibpath/gettext-0.19.8.1-aoweyaoufujdlobl7dphb2gdrhuhikil/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

This should keep you safe from bricking your CentOS*.

*Disclaimer: I just completed the thought it looks like the OP was trying to express, but I don't fully agree.

Answer 4

download rpm packages and run the following command:

rpm -Uvh glibc-2.15-60.el6.x86_64.rpm \
glibc-common-2.15-60.el6.x86_64.rpm \
glibc-devel-2.15-60.el6.x86_64.rpm \
glibc-headers-2.15-60.el6.x86_64.rpm

Answer 5

To install GLIBC_2.14 or GLIBC_2.15, download package from /gnu/libc/ index at

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libc/

Then follow instructions listed by Timo:

For example glibc-2.14.tar.gz in your case.

1. tar xvfz glibc-2.14.tar.gz

2. cd glibc-2.14

3. mkdir build

4. cd build

5. ../configure --prefix=/opt/glibc-2.14

6. make

7. sudo make install

8. export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/glibc-2.14/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH