Why does Java7 installation fail with the error "`GLIBC_2.4' not found" in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4?
Issue
- The Java7 installation process in RHEL4 fails with the following error:
[root@test ~]# rpm -ivh jdk-7u25-linux-x64.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:jdk ########################################### [100%]
Unpacking JAR files...
rt.jar...
/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_25/bin/unpack200: /lib64/tls/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.4' not found (required by /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_25/bin/unpack200)
Error: unpack could not create JAR file:
/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_25/jre/lib/rt.jar
Please refer to the Troubleshooting section of the Installation Instructions
on the download page.
.
.
.
localedata.jar...
/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_25/bin/unpack200: /lib64/tls/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.4' not found (required by /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_25/bin/unpack200)
Error: unpack could not create JAR file:
/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_25/jre/lib/ext/localedata.jar
Please refer to the Troubleshooting section of the Installation Instructions
on the download page.
[root@test ~]#
- And running the command java results in the following error:
[user@test ~]$ java
Error: dl failure on line 864
Error: failed /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_25/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so, because /lib64/tls/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.4' not found (required by /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_25/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so)
[user@test ~]$
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x
- Oracle Java-7(jdk-7u25-linux-x64.rpm)
- glibc-2.3.4-2.57
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