> linux-gate.so.1 and /lib/ld-linux.so.2 and couldn't find it in the
> Slack distributions.

Both linux-gate.so.1 and ld-linux.so.2 are from the so loader, which
IS present when you installed glibc. They will look a bit strange as
they're not shared objects themselves, they're the loader FOR those
shared objects, so ANY program will give something like:
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f4e000)
(these are from /bin/ls, by the way), so the first only points TO
an address and the 2nd has a filename and an address but not "pointed
to".
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