libc.so.6 not found

gauravbagga · 03-04-2005, 05:35 AM

when i try to install any rpm it gives me error dependency not found of
libc.so.6. i don't know which rpm to install so that i can install the rpms
some rpms get installed but some give error i.e the dependency not found and lists few others well should i get the fedora core 1 cd and install the rpm which can give this libc.so.6. but i don't know which rpm contains that or is there any command to get this from existing package ???

wpn146 · 03-04-2005, 10:47 AM

Install glibc.

How do you find out the answer to this question? You can learn the name of the package that installed a file by typing:

Code:

rpm -qf filename

... but you don't have the file installed. So, the simple way is to ask someone that has it installed to type that command on their system and tell you the answer. This is exactly what I did.

It would seem that rpm should have a method of doing this on a directory full of uninstalled rpm files from your distro disks, but if it does, I haven't discovered it yet. Here is a brute force method:

Code:

1.  Mount your distro cdrom.
2.  cd to the directory that has all the rpm files on it.
3.  Run the perl script shown below using the file name you are looking for as the argument
4.  Repeat for your other distro disks if you havent found it.

Here are the results from my Redhat 9 system:

Code:

$ whichrpm.pl libc.so.6
/lib/libc.so.6 is installed by package glibc-2.3.2-27.9.7.i386.rpm
/lib/i686/libc.so.6 is installed by package glibc-2.3.2-27.9.7.i686.rpm
/lib/libc.so.6 is installed by package glibc-2.3.2-27.9.7.i686.rpm
/lib/tls/libc.so.6 is installed by package glibc-2.3.2-27.9.7.i686.rpm

Here is the perl script. I named mine "whichrpm.pl".

Code:

#!/bin/perl
 
$target = $ARGV[0];
@packages = `ls -1 *.rpm`;
 
foreach $p (@packages) {
  chomp $p;
  @files = `rpm -qlp $p 2>/dev/null`;
  foreach $f (@files) {
    chomp $f;
    if ($f =~ /$target/) {
        print "$f is installed by package $p\n";
    }
  }
}