Re: rpm failed dependencies


Subject: Re: rpm failed dependencies
From: Sam TH (sam@uchicago.edu)
Date: Sun Jan 28 2001 - 14:46:33 CST


On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 01:08:59PM -0500, Ted Everson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to the list so I apologize for what may be a ridiculously
> obvious question, but here it is:
>
> I'm running Red Hat 7.0 with gnome as my desktop, and just downloaded
> the recommended RPM file (abisuite-gnome-0.7.12.i386.rpm), attempted to
> install using the command "rpm -Uvh abisuite*", and got the following
> error:
>
> error: failed dependencies
> gnome-print >= 0.25
> gal >= 0.0.1
> libgal.so.2
> libgnomeprint.so.11
> libunicode.so.0
>
> each followed by "is needed by abisuite-0.7.12-1"
>
> Since I have the most recent Red Hat installed, I was surprised by so
> many failed dependencies. I ran a few "locate" commands, and discovered
> that I have gnomeprint 0.20, and none of any version of the other files.
> Do I need to locate and download all these files on the web, or did I
> just miss installing them from my Red Hat 7.0 CD?

Unfortunately, the GNOME build liks against a number of fast-moving
GNOME libraries. You can get them all from ximian.com, though.
           
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