Need 32-bit packages

[JJ Smith]

I can't figure out how to get .i686 packages installed on the server, nor why sometimes they conflict out with yum and sometimes they don't.

For example, I need yum to install libgcc.i686 on a server, but when I try to install it, yum has it conflict out with the 64-bit and won't install it.

Protected multilib versions: libgcc-4.8.5-36.el7_6.2.i686 != libgcc-4.8.5-11.el7.x86_64

And sure enough if I do a rpm -qa libgcc it lists the 64-bit package:
libgcc-4.8.5-11.el7.x86_64

Yet on the same server yum let me install glibc.i686 without a conflict message as can be seen when I do an rpm-qa glibc on the server:
glibc-2.17-260.el7_6.6.x86_64
glibc-2.17-260.el7_6.6.i686

So why can I have both the 64-bit and 32-bit of glibc, but only the 64-bit of libgcc, or libstdc++?

I need those 32-bit packages for a software install. How can I get them installed? I can't remove the 64-bit packages as they want to remove all sorts of dependencies like yum and such, so it fails an uninstall as well. ... Thanks for considering.

[avij]

The versions differ. Try yum update first.

[JJ Smith]

Thank you for clarifying the problem.

I always thought it was getting upset about the 64-bit vs the 32-bit, but it's actually the version number difference between the packages that's the problem.

Sure enough, simply updated the 64-bit package first, then could install the 32-bit package.

Thanks again.