libc6 on Debian
 

Hi,
here is my problem:
I want to run an application and that what i get:
/lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3' not found (required by ...

ceco:~# dpkg -l libc6
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii libc6 2.2.5-11.5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone

ceco:~# /lib/libc.so.6
GNU C Library stable release version 2.2.5, by Roland McGrath et al.
Copyright © 1992-2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Compiled by GNU CC version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease).
Compiled on a Linux 2.4.18 system on 2003-04-08.
Available extensions:
GNU libio by Per Bothner
crypt add-on version 2.1 by Michael Glad and others
linuxthreads-0.9 by Xavier Leroy
BIND-8.2.3-T5B
libthread_db work sponsored by Alpha Processor Inc
NIS(YP)/NIS+ NSS modules 0.19 by Thorsten Kukuk
Report bugs using the `glibcbug' script to <bugs@gnu.org>.

ceco:~# apt-get install libc6
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Sorry, libc6 is already the newest version.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

ceco:~# gcc --version
3.0.4

So i cannot install libc 2.3. I tried manually :
ceco:~# dpkg -i libdb1-compat_2.1.3-7_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 27398 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libdb1-compat 2.1.3-7 (using libdb1-compat_2.1.3-7_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libdb1-compat ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libdb1-compat:
libdb1-compat depends on libc6 (>= 2.2.5-13); however:
Package libc6 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libdb1-compat (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
libdb1-compat
ceco:~# dpkg -i libc6_2.3.1-16_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 27398 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libc6 2.3.1-16 (using libc6_2.3.1-16_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6:
libc6 depends on libdb1-compat; however:
Package libdb1-compat is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libc6 (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
libc6

Check that your /etc/apt/sources.list contains also the testing distribution and

You have libc6 2.2.5 installed but need 2.3

Try a apt-get install -t testing libc6

HTH