Updating glibc and glibc_common?

[whyzex]

Hey, im running centos 4.4final and i have glibc, and glibc_common installed on version 2_3..
Im trying to install the 2_9 rpm, but it says that it conflicts with 2_3, how can i upgrade the 2_3 to 2_9? i tryed using yum update glinc / glibc_common, and yum install, didnt work.

Thanks.

[reed9]

Short answer, you don't. You would break your system. Glibc is the standard C library and you would need to rebuild a good chunk of your system against an updated version.

If you must upgrade it, I recommend installing a more current version of RHEL. If you do not have a RHEL subscription, I would recommend moving to a RHEL clone like Scientific Linux or CentOS.

[whyzex]

Im currently on centos,
And the problem is, when i run yum update it writes this:

Error: Missing Dependency: rtld(GNU_HASH) is needed by package perl-Net-SSLeay
Error: Missing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by package perl-Compre ss-Raw-Zlib
Error: Missing Dependency: perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.8. is needed by package perl- Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA
Error: Missing Dependency: libcrypto.so.6 is needed by package perl-Crypt-OpenSS L-RSA
-Zlib
Error: Missing Dependency: perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.8. is needed by package perl- Error
Error: Missing Dependency: libcrypto.so.6 is needed by package perl-Net-SSLeay
Error: Missing Dependency: perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.8. is needed by package perl- version
Error: Missing Dependency: rtld(GNU_HASH) is needed by package perl-Crypt-OpenSS L-RSA
Error: Missing Dependency: libssl.so.6 is needed by package perl-Net-SSLeay
-Bzip2
Error: Missing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by package perl-versio n

Error: Missing Dependency: rtld(GNU_HASH) is needed by package perl-Crypt-OpenSS L-Random
Error: Missing Dependency: libssl.so.6 is needed by package perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-R andom
Error: Missing Dependency: perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.8. is needed by package

Im currently on centos 4.4final, i know its old, i just cant upgrade because of all the things i have there, is there a way to fix this? as you can see rtld(GNU_HASH) -> from the glibc..( I got like 40 messages, but the forum "anti spam" is alittle buggy here so it detects what i wrote as "smiles".)

Edit: The simple thing that i need is to install X Window server, is there a special pack for EL4, because the yum groupinstall DOESNT Work, even the yum update doesnt work..

[reed9]

What repositories do you have enabled?

It looks as though you've tried to install something built for a later version of centos.

EDIT: If you hit "Go Advanced", there's an option to disable smilies in the text.

[whyzex]

What repositories do you have enabled?

It looks as though you've tried to install something built for a later version of centos.

EDIT: If you hit "Go Advanced", there's an option to disable smilies in the text.

I need the X window server so i can use VNC server, to control my vmware..
I dont need the GUI itself, i can run vmware-server-console and it will work without one, but I cant install it, even yum update wont work..

And i have RPMFORGE enabled besides the normal ones.

[whyzex]

I need the X window server so i can use VNC server, to control my vmware..
I dont need the GUI itself, i can run vmware-server-console and it will work without one, but I cant install it, even yum update wont work..

And i have RPMFORGE enabled besides the normal ones.

Ok i disabled RPMFROGE and EPEL and now yum update gives me one error: missing depencies bind, where can i find it?
X window server works, Harrey

[reed9]

Do

yum clean all
yum update

HowTos/VNC-Server - CentOS Wiki