Update glibc in Cygwin

Question

Hi

I just wanted to make use of the Cygwin x server, but when trying to start a program I am told that glibc is too old. I have version 2.3.2 but would need version 2.3.6. Is there any easy way to update this? Cant find this package in the cygwin setup routine.

Thanks

Answer 1

When you run a Cygwin update, it should by default update all packages that have changed, which should give you the latest C library. A lot of "shoulds", but I've never had any issues.

However, this sounds like an error from the client program, running on a remote host, not the X server (which is running under Cygwin). I'm not sure how a Cygwin program would even report this.

Please edit your question, showing the actual program that you're running, and the exact text of any error message -- copied from either the console window or a dialog box.