I’m getting into the multimedia and as I do I’m finding that various things keep asking for an upgraded version of libc.so.6 that I don’t ever seem to have a source for.
For example when I tried to run Pitivi it asked for version 2.24 or later of the GTK+ which I believe is glibc. When I tried to install Gnome 3 it asked for 2.14 which it couldn’t find (I don’t really need Gnome 3, I just tried it as an exercise thinking it might upgrade my glibc.). That’s just two of several times that this has happened.
My system has the standard 2.11 of glibc that comes with OS 11.4 and looking around I have not been able to find any upgraded versions of it for 11.4.
If it’s built into some of these things I am upgrading then it’s not getting upgraded when it should for some reason.
What would be nice would be to list everything on my system that requires a version of glibc that’s not 2.11, perhaps that way I can see a pattern, or just uninstall or downgrade those apps.
As it is right now, I’m not sure how to get out of this stuck situation where everything I try asks for a different version of glibc.
On 2012-03-08 22:06, Reg gie wrote:
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> I’m getting into the multimedia and as I do I’m finding that various
> things keep asking for an upgraded version of libc.so.6 that I don’t
> ever seem to have a source for.
libc is not updatable. Upgrade the system instead.
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I don’t see that being the solution because even the Factory version of OS is only on 2.14 of glibc. That’s not going to help with a piece of software that requires version 2.24. If it’s not updatable then the only solution I see is to find versions of the software I want to use that will work with 2.11.
Why is glibc not updatable and how do you when something is not updatable?
Am 08.03.2012 23:06, schrieb Reg gie:
> Why is glibc not updatable and how do you when something is not
> updatable?
>
I wonder what can require a glibc 2.24 which does not even exist
upstream. The newest development version of glibc is 2.16
http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/
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On 2012-03-08 23:06, Reg gie wrote:
> Why is glibc not updatable and how do you when something is not
> updatable?
Because all programs and libraries in the system depend on it. You would
have to update all the programs and libraries, or what is the same, upgrade
the system instead.
In fact, it is easier to replace the kernel than glibc. There is a
procedure to replace it, of course. zypper has to do it, after all, with
zypper dup from one version to another, but it is a risky operation, as you
learn if it stops midways.
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martin_helm:
Actually just pitivi. However I am sure it is from some advanced repo. I installed. In any case, I did downgrade the version and it works now.
There are some things I don’t get: first, I don’t see any repos. out of the ordinary, 2nd once I downgraded it the higher version of it disappeared from my list of versions. I guess the only conclusion is that that newer version came from some repo. I had and then removed – probably because I saw it had all these version conflicts so I got rid of it but it must have left some stuff behind.
robin_listas
Thanks for that, very helpful.
I have one last question. Is there way to list all apps (and other things I suppose) that rely on a version of a file greater than nn. In this case that would mean finding all apps that are installed that are relying on a version of glibc that’s greater than 2.11. Perhaps that way I can clean up all these -yet to be found- issues at once.
I just did a “zypper verify” and it came up clean – I’ve been looking around for ways to test this.
Am 09.03.2012 00:06, schrieb Reg gie:
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> martin_helm:
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> Actually just pitivi. However I am sure it is from some advanced repo.
> I installed. In any case, I did downgrade the version and it works now.
>
You did not get the point. Something like a glibc 2.24 simply does not
exist anywhere in this universe.
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You added the openSUSE 12.1 or Factory version of the repo, use the openSUSE 11.4 version.
No, GTK+ and glibc are not related.
On 2012-03-09 00:06, Reg gie wrote:
> Thanks for that, very helpful.
Welcome.
> I have one last question. Is there way to list all apps (and other
> things I suppose) that rely on a version of a file greater than nn.
I don’t know. Have a look at the manual of rpm, whatrequire and similar things.
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Okay, that explains some. GTK+ 2.24 does exist, I thought they were the same thing for some reason.
Then GTK+ can be upgraded?
Here GTK+ Download: GNU/Linux there’s a GLIB of a later version too. I gather is has no relation to GLibc.
You can update whatever you want. But if you need to ask, don’t.
And unless you want to compile something yourself that needs the newer version (hint, nothing will require a newer version of glibc to compile), you don’t need to. All the packages in an openSUSE 11.4 repo will use the library version available in openSUSE 11.4… or will provide the updated library in the same repo.
No, glib and glibc are also not related.
On 2012-03-09 00:46, Reg gie wrote:
> Then GTK+ can be upgraded?
It might, but it can be problematic for gnome applications.
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