Hello there,

I was trying to install Gaim on my redhat-9, I downloaded it and try to use:

#rpm -i gaim-1.4.0-0rh9.i386.rpm

This return me with following error message:

error: Failed dependencies:
libao.so.2 is needed by gaim-1.4.0-0rh9
libgtkspell.so.0 is needed by gaim-1.4.0-0rh9

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I am actually wanna know how to handle this types of dependency issue? because, I have suffered a lot of time regarding dependency problem (not only with gaim but with some other programs). some of the user suggested me to use "yum" like solution. But I am not happy with this, because, I want to know the fact...why this happen and how to resolve !!

Please help me.

You will have to find the rpm that provides the missing libraries (libao.so.2 and libgtkspell.so.0).

If you were to use a solution such as yum or apt-get it simplifies the process of installing packages quite a bit because you supply it with a repository from which it can pick RPMs if it needs to satisfy dependencies. It won't fix everything all of the time, but if dependencies are encountered that it knows how to resolve, then it will install the additional packages automatically.

If you don't want to go that route, I suggest you look on http://www.rpmfind.net. or a similar site for the two missing libraries.

Gaim can't be installed in your system because it needs some libraries which are not present in your system, so if you want to be able to install gaim you need to install those libraries before installing gaim. What more do you want to know?

Of course, you can install gaim without the libraries with the force option in rpm. But don't be surprised if then the program doesn't work.

Dear cdhgee,

thanks, ur suggestion worked well, now I can chat some msn buddy from my linux pc :-D

I couldn't figure how actually can I install .so files. I was confused because, I knew they are library files. And,
I had no idea that rpm are availables for them.

Anyway .. thanks a lot.