Prerequisites for 32-bit RHEL

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 32-bit operating system requires two binary packages before you execute the fsstatsdigest tools. 64-bit Linux operating systems do not require the binary packages.

Prerequisites:

Access to the network or to a CD / DVD drive
sudo privileges to execute the installation syntax
Access to the Yellowdog Updater, Modified (YUM) package utility for Linux

There are two methods of installing the binary packages, depending on the RHEL support registration.

With support registration, use the YUM package manager to install the following packages:
- yum install glibc.i686
- yum install libstdc++.i686
Without support registration, perform the following steps to install the packages:
1. Mount the physical CD or DVD using the following commands:
  mkdir -p / mnt/RHEL
  mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/RHEL
2. Mount the ISO file using the following commands:
  mkdir -p / mnt/RHEL
  mount -o loop /path/to/RHEL.iso /mnt/RHEL
3. Create a YUM repository that will use the DVD as a repository using the following command:
  vi /etc/yum.repos.d/rhel-dvd.rep
  [rhel-dvd] name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux $releasever - $basearch - DVD baseurl=file:///mnt/RHEL/Server/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=0
4. Clean the YUM cache:
  yum clean all
5. Execute the following commands to install the 32-bit C library:
  - yum install glibc.i686
  - yum install libstdc++.i686