[SOLVED] how Install 32-bit packages on 64-bit Linux red hat 6.2 server

Issue

My operating system is Red Hat 6.2 server 64bit
I'm trying to install packages for oracle 11 requirement and can not install i686 packges .

Sample

[root@redhat1 Packages]# rpm -ivh nss-softokn-freebl-3.14.3-17.el6.i686.rpm

warning: nss-softokn-freebl-3.14.3-17.el6.i686.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signatu            re, key ID ec551f03: NOKEY

error: Failed dependencies:

        libc.so.6 is needed by nss-softokn-freebl-3.14.3-17.el6.i686
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by nss-softokn-freebl-3.14.3-17.el6.i686
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by nss-softokn-freebl-3.14.3-17.el6.i686
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3) is needed by nss-softokn-freebl-3.14.3-17.el6.i68            6
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3) is needed by nss-softokn-freebl-3.14.3-17.el6.i686
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4) is needed by nss-softokn-freebl-3.14.3-17.el6.i68            6
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by nss-softokn-freebl-3.14.3-17.el6.i686
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.7) is needed by nss-softokn-freebl-3.14.3-17.el6.i686
        libdl.so.2 is needed by nss-softokn-freebl-3.14.3-17.el6.i686
        libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by nss-softokn-freebl-3.14.3-17.el6.i686
        libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by nss-softokn-freebl-3.14.3-17.el6.i686

OR

[root@redhat1 Packages]# rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6.i686.rpm

warning: compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6.i686.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fd431d51: NOKEY

error: Failed dependencies:

        libc.so.6 is needed by compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6.i686
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6.i686
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6.i686
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3) is needed by compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6.i686
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2) is needed by compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6.i686
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3) is needed by compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6.i686
        libm.so.6 is needed by compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6.i686

OR

[root@redhat1 Packages]# rpm -Uvh glibc-2.12-1.47.el6.i686.rpm


warning: glibc-2.12-1.47.el6.i686.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fd431d51: NOKEY
error: Failed dependencies:

        libfreebl3.so is needed by glibc-2.12-1.47.el6.i686
        libfreebl3.so(NSSRAWHASH_3.12.3) is needed by glibc-2.12-1.47.el6.i686

and I can not install i686 Packges on red hat 64 bit.

Solution

Ideally, you should be able to resolve the problem with these two commands:

yum clean all
yum install glibc.i686

One troubleshooting tip might be to try

yum search libc.so.6

These links might also help:

• https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/156509/an-application-required-libstdc-for-glibcxx-3-4-9-library-on-rhel-5-64bit-syst

• https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-server-73/howto-install-32-bit-libraries-on-64-bit-linux-using-yum-505352/

• https://serverfault.com/questions/289400/rhel-6-x64-running-32-bit-applications

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ADDENDUM:

You posted this additional information:

yum install glibc.i686 Loaded plugins: product-id, security, subscription-manager Updating certificate-based repositories.
No package glibc.i686 available. Error: Nothing to do

This means that none of your currently configured repos happen to have the 32-bit glibc runtime.

If you have the RedHat DVD, try this:

Installing 32 bit libraries (glibc) on 64 bit RHEL without using yum

Answered By - paulsm4