conflicting dependencies?

doowttam · 03-13-2006, 09:36 PM

I'm trying to install a newer version of glibc, and I thought I had downloaded all of the required dependencies. But, when trying to install the rpms, I get this:

Code:

$ rpm -ivh glibc-common-2.4-4.i386.rpm
warning: glibc-common-2.4-4.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 4f2a6fd2
error: Failed dependencies:
        glibc < 2.4 conflicts with glibc-common-2.4-4.i386
$ rpm -ivh glibc-2.4-4.i386.rpm
warning: glibc-2.4-4.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 4f2a6fd2
error: Failed dependencies:
        glibc-common = 2.4-4 is needed by glibc-2.4-4.i386
        gdb < 6.3.0.0-1.111 conflicts with glibc-2.4-4.i386
        glibc > 2.3.5 conflicts with glibc-common-2.3.5-10.i386

The first complains about me having a glibc version below 2.4, but the second says I need the first to have a glibc version of 2.4. I'm using FC4. What am I doing wrong?

Oh, and as I side note, please don't give the advice to install with yum or anything like that because I currently have no internet connection with the fedora box. This glibc stuff is all part of trying to get my wireless card working with fedora, so I'm using a flash drive to shuttle files between it and another computer.

Baldrick65 · 03-13-2006, 11:19 PM

You can always try

Code:

rpm -Uvh <package1.rpm> <package2.rpm>

All on 1 line. This will upgrade rather than install "over the top".

See if that clears up some of the dependancy errors.

HTH
Baldrick

doowttam · 03-14-2006, 12:19 AM

Well, now I'm getting different errors:

Code:

$ rpm - Uvh glibc-2.4-4.i386.rpm glibc-common-2.4-4.i386.rpm
warning: glibc-2.4-4.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 4f2a6fd2
error: Failed dependencies:
        gdb < 6.3.0.0-1.111 conflicts with glibc-2.4-4.i386
        glibc = 2.3.5-10 is needed by (installed) glibc-headers-2.3.5-10.i386
        glibc = 2.3.5-10 is needed by (installed) glibc-devel-2.3.5-10.i386

I get that I need to upgrade gdb, but I don't understand what the second two errors mean.

Baldrick65 · 03-14-2006, 12:46 AM

It means you need to upgrade glibc-devel and glibc-headers as well as upgrading gdb.

Baldrick

doowttam · 03-15-2006, 07:03 PM

I have a version of gdb that meets the dependencies (as seen below), but its still complaining. Do I need a version of gdb that is > 6.3.0.0-1.111 but < 6.4? Because I haven't been able to find that.

Code:

$ rpm -Uvh glibc-2.4-4.i386.rpm glibc-common-2.4-4.i386.rpm glibc-devel-2.4-4.i386.rpm glibc-headers-2.4-4.i386.rpm
warning: glibc-2.4-4.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 4f2a6fd2
error: Failed dependencies:
        gdb < 6.3.0.0-1.111 conflicts with glibc-2.4-4.i386
$ gdb -v
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GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
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This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu".

Baldrick65 · 03-19-2006, 02:52 AM

You can always force it using the --nodeps option, but that could cause more problems.

Baldrick