Installing 32 bit glibc on 64 bit linux OS

When you are trying to start your applications, it is possible that you encounter a startup error in your applications that require native library support. It could be because you don't have 32 bit glibc package installed on your 64 bit OS. Things to confirm,

• Confirm if your system is indeed running 64 bit OS

$ uname -a

Linux ip-10-98-0-41 2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Mar 3 13:32:45 EST 201

4 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

• Confirm the distribution version

$ cat /etc/system-release

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)

• Confirm the glibc version installed

$ sudo yum list installed glibc

Loaded plugins: amazon-id, rhui-lb, security

Installed Packages

glibc.x86_64          2.12-1.132.el6           @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases

• Once you have confirmed that you don't have 32 bit glibc installed, you can install it using package manager specific to your OS

$ sudo yum install -y glibc.i686

• Once 32 bit glibc package has been installed, you can confirm by running "yum list installed"  again

$ sudo yum list installed glibc

Loaded plugins: amazon-id, rhui-lb, security

Installed Packages

glibc.i686            2.12-1.132.el6           @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases

glibc.x86_64          2.12-1.132.el6           @rhui-REGION-rhel-server-releases