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Old 10-13-2010, 09:30 AM   #1
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RPM installation

Trying to install net-snmp on a VM running rhel5. I did a 'rpm -qa |grep snmp' and it returned 'net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2-9.el5' as already being installed.

So, I then ran 'rpm -ivh net-snmp-5.3.2.2-9.el5.1.x86_64rpm' and it returned an error: Failed dependencies: net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2-9.el5 is needed.

Why isn't it recognizing that net-snmp-libs is already installed on the server?

Thank you
 
Old 10-13-2010, 10:15 AM   #2
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Question RPM Dependencies
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So, I then ran 'rpm -ivh net-snmp-5.3.2.2-9.el5.1.x86_64rpm' and it returned an error: Failed dependencies: net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2-9.el5 is needed.
Have you tried removing and reinstalling the net-snmp-libs?
Last edited by amarand; 10-13-2010 at 10:18 AM. Reason: Changing question.
 
Old 10-13-2010, 10:21 AM   #3
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It appears that 'net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2-9.el5' may be 32-bit. You will have to install the 64-bit net-snmp-libs package.
To check what is installed, run the following command:

Code:
rpm --query --queryformat "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}.%{RELEASE} (%{ARCH})\n" net-snmp net-snmp-libs
On my system, it appears as follows:
Code:
net-snmp-5.3.2.2.5.el5 (x86_64)
net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2.5.el5 (x86_64)
net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2.5.el5 (i386)
Last edited by valen_tino; 10-13-2010 at 10:23 AM.
 
Old 10-13-2010, 10:24 AM   #4
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It appears that 'net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2-9.el5' may be 32-bit. You will have to install the 64-bit net-snmp-libs package.
To check what is installed, run the following command:

Code:
rpm --query --queryformat "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}.%{RELEASE} (%{ARCH})\n" net-snmp net-snmp-libs
One of the things that always gets me, is that it doesn't always specify the entire name of the package, but it compares against it. If it states that it requires "net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2-9.el5" but you're loading the 64-bit version of the app, that makes sense. However, shouldn't that be considered a bug if it's stating a package dependency of one name, when it really means another?
 
Old 10-13-2010, 10:57 AM   #5
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Hence yum is the preferred way to go about installing RPMs.
 
Old 10-13-2010, 11:09 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by valen_tino View Post
On my system, it appears as follows:
Code:
net-snmp-5.3.2.2.5.el5 (x86_64)
net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2.5.el5 (x86_64)
net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2.5.el5 (i386)
I'm seeing similar:

Code:
net-snmp-5.3.2.2.9.el5_5.1 (x86_64)
net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2.9.el5_5.1 (x86_64)
net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2.9.el5_5.1 (i386)
 
Old 10-13-2010, 11:53 AM   #7
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rpm --query --queryformat "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}.%{RELEASE} (%{ARCH})\n" net-snmp net-snmp-libs returned the following:

package net-snmp is not installed (already known)
net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2.9.el5 (x86_64)

amarand - Yes, tried to remove currrent install and failed to it being needed for other packages.
 
Old 10-13-2010, 11:55 AM   #8
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You are trying to install "net-snmp" when it is already installed.
 
Old 10-13-2010, 12:01 PM   #9
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valen_tino:

rpm -qa |grep snmp
net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2-9.el5

net-snmp is NOT currently installed....tried to install, but as mentioned earlier, it says ner-snm-libs is needed....
 
Old 10-13-2010, 01:04 PM   #10
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valen_tino:

rpm -qa |grep snmp
net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2-9.el5

net-snmp is NOT currently installed....tried to install, but as mentioned earlier, it says ner-snm-libs is needed....
I have a really dumb question: are you cut-and-pasting these responses, Jackets89? Look at this:

net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2-9.el5
net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2.9.el5 (x86_64)

If the first one is a typo, I understand, but if you cut-and-pasted the answer above, do you see the version number differs? One is 2-9 the other is 2.9. One has a dash, the other a dot. If you copy-and-pasted these here, then there's a chance that it's not matching, because the names don't match. Thoughts?
 
Old 10-13-2010, 01:38 PM   #11
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then simply use yum LIKE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TOO to install it !
yum solves the dependencies

USE YUM
do not use rpm to install software unless there IS absolutely NO OTHER WAY

Code:
yum install  net-snmp
-- or this --
yum reinstall  net-snmp
or search the yum repo database
Code:
 yum search snmp
Last edited by John VV; 10-13-2010 at 01:40 PM.
 
Old 10-13-2010, 01:48 PM   #12
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@jackets89: My apologies...I mistook amarand's response to yours. Now we know that the 64-bit version is installed. Having said that, did you try installing the 32-bit version as well? Give that a shot if not done already.

@amarand: The cut-paste is correct. This is because the of the way we are asking the output to be displayed. For example:
Code:
rpm --query --queryformat "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE} (%{ARCH})\n" net-snmp net-snmp-libs
will display identical to
Code:
rpm -qa |grep snmp
(without the architecture of course)
Last edited by valen_tino; 10-13-2010 at 01:51 PM.
 
  


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