I've been using linux for awhile and i've decided to try using Mozilla Thunderbird as my mail client. When i try to configure it it tells me i need a newer version of glibc this is the exact error:

./thunderbird.bin: /lib/libpthread.so.0: version 'GLIBC_2.3.2' not found: (required by ./libnspr4.so)

so i downloaded the RPM glibc-2.3.2-4.80.8.i386.rpm and when i tried to install it i got this error

error: Failed dependencies:
glibc-common = 2.3.2-4.80.8 is needed by glibc-2.3.2-4.80.8
glibc = 2.2.93 is needed by (installed) glibc-devel-2.2.93-5
glibc = 2.2.93-5 is needed by (installed) glibc-utils-2.2.93-5

so then i downloaded the rpms:

glibc-common-2.3.2-4.80.8.i386.rpm
glibc-devel-2.3.2-4.80.8.i386.rpm
glibc-utils-2.3.2-4.80.8.i386.rpm

and when i tried to install the first one i get this error:

error: Failed dependencies:
glibc < 2.3.2 conflicts with glibc-common-2.3.2-4.80.8
glibc-common = 2.2.93-5 is needed by (installed) glibc-2.2.93-5

the command i'm using to expand the rpms is: rpm -Uvh

i use redhat 8 and windowmaker


i'm sure there's a simple solution to this that im just not getting....but i can't see it. I searched the forums before doing this to try to find someone who's asked an alike question before, but i counldn't find anything useful. if i just missed it i apologize for repeating.

any help would be appreciated!

hm....could you try force-installing (was it the f or F switch?) the newer devel and utils -packages and then updating actual glibc? it seems like there's not much to do unless you just force the packages to get installed...if glibc's devel and utils are the only packages that make trouble, they should get on nicely if they get first updated, and if it won't succeed without forcing, then force

if i understand you correctly i used rpm --force -Uvh <file>

is that right?


if so then it didn't work, i got the exact same errors.

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