# Tips for installing on Almalinux 8?

**URL:** <https://forum.grin.mw/t/tips-for-installing-on-almalinux-8/11728>\
**Category:** Tech Support\
**Created:** [April 27, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/tips-for-installing-on-almalinux-8/11728 "2025-04-27T15:04:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![dog](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.grin.mw/dog/32/2230_2.png) [@dog](https://forum.grin.mw/u/dog)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/tips-for-installing-on-almalinux-8/11728/1 "2025-04-27T15:04:15Z")

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user@metal:~# ./grin  
./grin: /lib64/libtinfo.so.6: no version information available (required by ./grin)  
./grin: /lib64/libncursesw.so.6: no version information available (required by ./grin)  
./grin: /lib64/libncursesw.so.6: no version information available (required by ./grin)  
./grin: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.32' not found (required by ./grin) ./grin: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC\_2.33’ not found (required by ./grin)  
./grin: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC\_2.34’ not found (required by ./grin)

The main problem I think is that my GLIBC is v 2.28 and those versions are required by grin… So is some kind of containerized version of GRIN needed in this case?

Thanks for the help in advance

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**Author:** ![Anynomous](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.grin.mw/anynomous/32/2928_2.png) [@Anynomous](https://forum.grin.mw/u/Anynomous)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/tips-for-installing-on-almalinux-8/11728/2 "2025-04-27T16:02:14Z")

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Can you not install/update those packages?  
For containerization, you have an old snap version and docker, but that adds a lot of overhead.  
So, most logical to me would be to just install them:

> **[How To Install glibc on AlmaLinux 8](https://installati.one/install-glibc-almalinux-8/)**
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> In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc in AlmaLinux 8. glibc is The GNU libc libraries

[https://pkgs.org/download/libtinfo.so.5](https://pkgs.org/download/libtinfo.so.5)  
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Just google them each.

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**Author:** ![dog](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.grin.mw/dog/32/2230_2.png) [@dog](https://forum.grin.mw/u/dog)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/tips-for-installing-on-almalinux-8/11728/3 "2025-04-27T17:52:23Z")

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What I’ve learned is that Almalinux 8 ships with a lower version and it’s not so easy to upgrade, it’s risky. I’ll just install grin on another server I have, but eventually I think it’d be great if a containerized version of grin were updated (snap)

Thanks for the suggestion, friend

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**Author:** ![ardocrat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.grin.mw/ardocrat/32/5164_2.png) [@ardocrat](https://forum.grin.mw/u/ardocrat)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/tips-for-installing-on-almalinux-8/11728/4 "2025-04-27T18:59:10Z")

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You need to build it locally, `AppImage` format solves problem with GLIBC.