CentOS

Micro420 · 08-16-2006, 01:39 AM

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I just installed the CentOS (based off of RedHat?) to build some clusters and I need to install a software. I am not too familiar with the RPM system, unfortunately. I managed to download this R-2.3.1-1.fc5.src.rpm file. When I try to install it, I get this:

Code:

[root@master ~]# rpm -ivh R-2.3.1-1.fc5.src.rpm
   1:R                      warning: user martyn does not exist - using root
warning: group martyn does not exist - using root
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warning: user martyn does not exist - using root
warning: group martyn does not exist - using root
warning: user martyn does not exist - using root
warning: group martyn does not exist - using root

Who the heck is Martyn (RPM builder?) and do I have to be a Martyn to install this software? What should I do with this RPM file?

reddazz · 08-16-2006, 03:32 AM

You installed the wrong type of package. Any package named *.src.rpm is a source rpm i.e. it contains source code to build a binary rpm. The kind of rpms you need should be something like *.i386.rpm, *.i586.rpm, etc.

DotHQ · 08-16-2006, 12:57 PM

also, it appears to have installed okay. You should remove the src rpm package.
rpm -evh rpm-package-name
e=erase

Micro420 · 08-17-2006, 10:51 PM

UPDATE!!!
Holy cow! Problem solved! I got my R statistical program to work under CentOS! I used the 'rpmbuild -bb' command on the source RPM file and it started putting everything together.

What I don't get is how come I didn't have any dependency problems when I used the rpmbuild command. At least my program is working!

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DotHQ

also, it appears to have installed okay. You should remove the src rpm package.
rpm -evh rpm-package-name
e=erase

Apparently it didn't even install!

Code:

[root@master ~]# rpm -e R-2.3.1-1.fc5.src.rpm
error: package R-2.3.1-1.fc5.src.rpm is not installed

I got the non-src.rpm file and this is what happens:

Code:

[root@master ~]# rpm -ivh R-2.3.1-1.fc5.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by R-2.3.1-1.fc5.i386
        libgfortran.so.1 is needed by R-2.3.1-1.fc5.i386

Now what? Where do I get these files? Seriously, how do you people even use this RPM system? It's horrible! Is there anything like Debian/Ubuntu with the 'apt-get' feature that resolves dependencies automagically???