resolving circular dependencies on Linux
 

chkfontpath and xorg-x11-xfs have circular dependencies for each other.

What are all the ways to resolve the above (see issue below) ?

ls -l *chk*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14852 May 16 11:31 chkfontpath-1.10.1-1.1.i386.rpm

ls -l *xfs*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 70384 May 16 11:33 xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-5.el5_6.1.i386.rpm

yum install chkfontpath-1.10.1-1.1.i386.rpm
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Examining chkfontpath-1.10.1-1.1.i386.rpm: chkfontpath-1.10.1-1.1.i386
Marking chkfontpath-1.10.1-1.1.i386.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package chkfontpath.i386 0:1.10.1-1.1 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: xfs for package: chkfontpath
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
chkfontpath-1.10.1-1.1.i386 from chkfontpath-1.10.1-1.1.i386.rpm has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: xfs is needed by package chkfontpath-1.10.1-1.1.i386 (chkfontpath-1.10.1-1.1.i386.rpm)
Error: Missing Dependency: xfs is needed by package chkfontpath-1.10.1-1.1.i386 (chkfontpath-1.10.1-1.1.i386.rpm)


yum install xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-5.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Examining xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-5.el5_6.1.i386.rpm: 1:xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-5.el5_6.1.i386
Marking xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-5.el5_6.1.i386.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package xorg-x11-xfs.i386 1:1.0.2-5.el5_6.1 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: /usr/sbin/chkfontpath for package: xorg-x11-xfs
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
1:xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-5.el5_6.1.i386 from xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-5.el5_6.1.i386.rpm has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: /usr/sbin/chkfontpath is needed by package 1:xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-5.el5_6.1.i386 (xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-5.el5_6.1.i386.rpm)
Error: Missing Dependency: /usr/sbin/chkfontpath is needed by package 1:xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-5.el5_6.1.i386 (xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.2-5.el5_6.1.i386.rpm)

Solution:

rpm -U pkg1 pkg2 pkg3 ...