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varun kumhar
varun kumhar

Reputation: 157

Mono 3.2.3 requires a newer version of glibc

I am using Red Hat and trying to install the latest Mono version from http://download.mono-project.com/archive/3.2.3/linux/x64/.

I used the following command to try installing mono core:

 sudo yum install http://download.mono-project.com/archive/3.2.3/linux/x64/mono-core-3.2.3-0.x86_64.rpm

The following are my error messages:

Error: Package: mono-core-3.2.3-0.x86_64 (/mono-core-3.2.3-0.x86_64)
       Requires: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.15)(64bit)
Error: Package: mono-core-3.2.3-0.x86_64 (/mono-core-3.2.3-0.x86_64)
       Requires: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.16)(64bit)
Error: Package: mono-core-3.2.3-0.x86_64 (/mono-core-3.2.3-0.x86_64)
       Requires: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.14)(64bit)
Error: Package: mono-core-3.2.3-135.2.x86_64 (Mono_Factory)
       Requires: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.16)(64bit)

I have glibc 2.12 in my OS. But Mono requires 2.16. If i try to update glibc, I might run into kernel issues. What are my options in this case? Is there any way to resolve this issue?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1506

Answers (2)

John
John

Reputation: 275

Updating GLIBC with Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a very non-trivial task. In every case with my 8 years of linux experience, I have always given up on this approach, and either installed the latest Fedora Core, or found some good soul who has ported code to support the older GLIBC version.

Usually EPEL is a great place for maintaining these compatability issues, however for the case of mono they don't have the latest 3.x build (as of 2014).

Long story short, the developers at Mono have screwed the pooch to say the least for supporting RHEL 6.

Upvotes: 0

Employed Russian
Employed Russian

Reputation: 213955

I might run into kernel issues.

What makes you believe that?

Generally, newer GLIBC versions will continue to run fine on older kernels (up to a limit).

What are my options in this case?

The obvious option is to update glibc. The other alternative is to install a separate newer version in non-default location. Details can be found here.

Upvotes: 1

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