How To Install compat-glibc on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-glibc on CentOS 7.
What is compat-glibc
This package contains stub shared libraries and static libraries from CentOS Linux 6. To compile and link against these compatibility libraries, use gcc -fgnu89-inline \ -I /usr/lib/x86_64-redhat-linux6E/include \ -B /usr/lib/x86_64-redhat-linux6E/lib64/
We can use yum or dnf to install compat-glibc on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install compat-glibc.
Install compat-glibc on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install compat-glibc using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install compat-glibc
Install compat-glibc on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install compat-glibc using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install compat-glibc
How To Uninstall compat-glibc on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the compat-glibc package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove compat-glibc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-glibc on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
