I have installed RHEL 5.8 and need to test an application - when i try and install the application it it says ..

FAIL -- The 64-bit RPM package of openmotif is not installed
FAIL -- Error RPM openmotif not installed
FAIL -- Error RPM sharutils not installed
FAIL -- The 64-bit RPM package of compat-db is not installed
FAIL -- Error RPM compat-db not installed
FAIL -- Error RPM gcc not installed
FAIL -- Error RPM gcc-c++ not installed
FAIL -- The 64-bit RPM package of glibc-devel is not installed
FAIL -- Error RPM glibc-devel not installed
FAIL -- The 64-bit RPM package of libstdc++-devel is not installed
FAIL -- Error RPM libstdc++-devel not installed
FAIL -- Error RPM libXp not installed
FAIL -- The 32-bit RPM package of libXpm is not installed
FAIL -- Error RPM libXpm not installed
FAIL -- The 64-bit RPM package of gd is not installed
FAIL -- Error RPM gd not installed
FAIL -- Required utility uudecode was not found in /usr/bin.

So i can see the src packages on the DVD i used to install the server in /media/RHEL_5.8 Source/SRPMS

when i try and use software installer i get

"cannot install source packages"

if i try and use yum i get

"[root@localhost SRPMS]# yum install gd-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.src.rpm
Loaded plugins: katello, product-id, security, subscription-manager
Updating certificate-based repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity
Setting up Install Process
Examining gd-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.src.rpm: gd-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.src
Cannot add package gd-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.src.rpm to transaction. Not a compatible architecture: src
Nothing to do
[root@localhost SRPMS]#

PLS help - thanks.

Didn't know it personally, but it looks like you can't install src.rpms through yum. just use rpm directly...

rpm -Uvh whatever.src.rpm

[root@localhost home]# rpm -Uvh subscription-manager-0.98.16.3-1.el5_8.src.rpm
warning: subscription-manager-0.98.16.3-1.el5_8.src.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 1d1e034b
1:subscription-manager warning: user mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: user mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist - using root
########################################### [100%]
[root@localhost home]#

then i get ..

Missing Dependency: subscription-manager = 0.98.16.3-1.el5_8 is needed by package subscription-manager-gnome-0.98.16.3-1.el5_8.x86_64 (rhel-x86_64-server-5)

when do you get that? You've not DONE anything...??

As far as the error itself goes, yes, that's a conventional dependency, an yum can install that just fine.

Why install the src pkgs?
The original post just says it can't find the required pkgs (ok; rpms; but even so ..).
How about using yum to install them?

What app are you trying to install and what cmd are you using?
Do the App docs say you need the src rpms; that would be very unusual.

hi

i am experiencing the same issue while updating via 'pup' (rh5.8)
i have registered my server (rhn_register) and now i'm running pup and i get the same error message :

"Missing Dependency: subscription-manager = 0.98.16.3-1.el5_8 is needed by package subscription-manager-gnome-0.98.16.3-1.el5_8.x86_64 (rhel-x86_64-server-5)"

this is a brand new system ...

all tips are welcome

Try it from the cmd line and show what you did and the responses you got.
Use code tags to post them https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...do=bbcode#code

hi Chris
thanks for the code tag tip
i'm new to redhat (been using ubuntu for about 6 years) : what is the cli equivalent of pup ?

grtz
Thijs

edit : btw, i have this issue on 2 servers (installed both at the same time using the same procedure)

ok 'yum update'
got it
let me try

yum update seems to work just fine ...
when i start pup after the yum update has completed it shows 'there are no updates available'

wierd ...
ah well seems ok now

thanks for you time !

grtz
Thijs

top tip... don't use pup. silly little toy that it is.