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safely upgrade glibc on CentOS 7

I've tried a python application on my CentOS machine and it gives me the following error: ImportError: /usr/lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.18' not found (required by /tmp/_MEI2BYIr4/libstdc++.so.6) I've been tempted to upgrade GLIBC, but after…
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Unable to force Debian to do unattended install... libc6 wants interactive confirm

I'm trying to create a script that forces a Debian Lenny install to install the latest version of CRAN R. During the install it appears libc6 is upgraded and the install wants interactive confirm that it's OK to restart three services (mysql, exim4,…
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Can't upgrade libc6 on Debian Wheezy

I tried to upgrade few packages and then it's failed on libc upgrade. And now it's impossible to upgrade anything at all. here's things I've done: # apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state…
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CURL PHP can't resolve host

I'm trying a php script that is doing requests with CURL. But I get the error Couldn't resolve host 'example.com' $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER , true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://example.com'); curl_setopt($ch,…
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Broke /lib64, salvageable? (ubuntu/mint12)

In a misguided attempt to recompile ld with debug symbols, I ended up with a /lib64 that was not symlinked to /lib (Debian 64-bit libs are in in /lib/x84_64-linux-gnu). I attempted to reinstall libc6 using apt, which errored out complaining about…
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Segfault in libc-2.19.so with Webmin

I recently upgraded the kernel one of my Debian 8 servers which has Webmin+Virtualmin installed on it. The server had usual Virtualmin backups setup which used to work fine before the upgrade, but post the upgrade the backups stopped working with no…
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debian wheezy requiring libc6 >= 2.14

Yesterday I tried to upgrade my debian wheezy to jessie version and it was unsuccessful - server does not boot anymore. I connect to shell, tried to reverse upgrade, but unfortunately, made everything even worse. Now I am sitting with bunch of…
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apt-get: libc6 upgrade needed but can't be installed; Kernel update needed but can't be done like anything else

Hello serverfault community! After upgrading to Debian Buster apt doesn't seem to work in any way. I've read and tried several solutions but none of these worked. Output when I try to install any package or execute apt dist-upgrade: Building…
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libc6 dependency mismatch in Debian 9.12 stretch

I have the following libc6 dependency problem in Debian 9.12 stretch. sudo apt install libc6-dev Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you…
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"broken packages" when using apt-get

I've tried to install MIME::Base64 with cpanm, which gives me the error that sys/types.h is missing. I then try to install libc6-dev which fails with the error message Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state…
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Unable to install libtirpc1 due to dependecies error

I want to run some binary (which is definitely working on another PC) on virtual Debian PC. Debian 7.5 stable with added testing and unstable repositories. (I'm not an expert in this) This binary uses RPC protocol and it fails with message: "Cannot…
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libc/libcstdc++ issue - GLIBC_2.18 not found

After some package update on my Debian (Sid) machine I started to experience errors like: Error message from server: ERROR: could not load library "/usr/lib/postgresql/9.1/lib/postgis-1.5.so": /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.18'…
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Downgrade to previous Linux kernel or libc6 version on OpenVZ (libc6 issue)

Recently i've tried to upgrade my server OS from Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 18.10, then i've found out that i'm on OpenVZ virtualization and it's impossible and stuck in the middle. Now apt-get install/update/upgrade doesn't works, screaming about…
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Debian Packets fix - locale not working - cant install packets - Librarys broken

I did something horrible and hopefully didnt destroy my Debian 9 Strech... I googled like 2 Hours to fix this but nothing has helped... What I Did: my ClamAV was outdated, and I added a testing source into /etc/apt/sources.list manually and typed…
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Is it possible/advisable to try and update libc6 without rebooting the machine?

I want to update the libc6 package on a running production server without incurring downtime. AFAIK pretty much everything on the system depends on libc6 either directly or indirectly: $ sudo apt-cache rdepends libc6 | wc -l 21026 It would be…
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