I am running mandrake 9, and am having a problem with dependencies during some software installation.

I was trying to install popt, and this is what I did:

[root@localhost rpms]# rpm -i popt-1.8.2-3mdk.i586.rpm
file /lib/libpopt.so.0.0.0 from install of popt-1.8.2-3mdk conflicts with file from package popt-1.6.4-28mdk

[root@localhost rpms]# rpm -U popt-1.8.2-3mdk.i586.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
popt = 1.6.4-28mdk is needed by rpm-4.0.4-28mdk

[root@localhost rpms]# rpm -U popt-1.8.2-3mdk.i586.rpm -i rpm-4.2.2-3mdk.i586.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
librpm-4.0.4.so is needed by grpmi-9.1-13mdk
librpm-4.0.4.so is needed by perl-URPM-0.81-13mdk
librpm-4.0.4.so is needed by rpmtools-4.5-9mdk
librpmdb-4.0.4.so is needed by grpmi-9.1-13mdk
librpmdb-4.0.4.so is needed by perl-URPM-0.81-13mdk
librpmdb-4.0.4.so is needed by rpmtools-4.5-9mdk
librpmio-4.0.4.so is needed by grpmi-9.1-13mdk
librpmio-4.0.4.so is needed by perl-URPM-0.81-13mdk
librpmio-4.0.4.so is needed by rpmtools-4.5-9mdk

This is where i am stuck. Do i need to install perl-URPM and rpmtools? If not, what must i do so that this will install properly?

Thanks

J

Try this:
urpmi popt

Also, read this page to set it up remotely:
http://plf.zarb.org/packages.php

JL