Hello

I am trying to install a program called PQLII (seismology related).

I'm running Red Hat Linux Fedora 9. When I installed the OS, I selected "Everything".

When I run:

rpm -ivh PQL-2009-246.i386.rpm

it returns:

error: Failed dependencies:
libXFixes.so.3 is needed by PQL-2009-246
libXinerama.so.1 is needed by PQL-2009-246
rtld(GNU_HASH) is needed by PQL-2009-246

OK, so I google the 3 files listed and download them which I found on http://rpm.pbone.net.

None of the filenames listed matched precisely those listed, but I downloaded files that were as near a match as possible, i.e:

libXfixes-4.0.3-3.fc9.i386.rpm
libXinerama-1.0.3-1.fc9.i386.rpm
glibc-2.8-3.i386.rpm

Being the logical type, I first try to install libXfixes-4.0.3-3.fc9.i386.rpm since it's listed first, but it generates:

error: Failed dependencies:
rtld(GNU_HASH) is needed by libXfixes-4.0.3-3.fc9

OK, so then I run:

rpm -ivh glibc-2.8-3.i386.rpm

which generates:

error: Failed dependencies:
glibc-common = 2.8-3 is needed by glibc-2.8-3

Sigh!

I persevere, search for and download glibc-common-2.8-3.i386.rpm.

rpm -ivh glibc-common-2.8-3.i386.rpm

generates:

error: Failed dependencies:
glibc = 2.8-3 is needed by glibc-common-2.8-3
tzdata >= 2003a is needed by glibc-common-2.8-3

Is this normal? How long will this go on? Am I downloading the wrong files?

Many thanks,

Suzan

Have you tried using yum to track down and install the dependencies?

If the packages you need are in the Fedora repositories (I'm not sure if they are or not) then yum will pull them down and install them for you.

Thanks for your reply, NiceDream (rhymes with "ice cream")

I downloaded yum-3.2.26 and extracted it. I then ran "make" and it looked like some compiling was going on.
But when I execute "yum" it returns "command not found". Does anything else need to be done to make yum work?

Yum should be installed by default on Red Hat and Fedora (2 separate distros).

Are you running the command as the root user?

Hi Nanosuz, Fedora and Red Hat are two separate distros (though they are related).

The current version of Fedora is 12, and 9 is no longer supported. Fedora 9 was released in 2008, but the 2009 in the name of your application leads me to believe it was released in 2009. This is probably why the dependencies cannot be satisfied.

yum is always installed :
Please check with : rpm -qa | grep yum
Or : rpm -qa yum .

Please use these commands : 1) su , password
2) yum install libXfixes libXinerama

Glibc is already installed : 2.8-3
'glic' is your system ( together with the kernel)
and is always present.

rpm -qa | sort > my-installed-packages.txt
.. will save the text file in /home/<user>/ .
.....

ftp://ftp.passcal.nmt.edu/passcal/software/linux/pqlII/
> > PQL-2009-246.i386.rpm
( ftp://ftp.passcal.nmt.edu/passcal/software/linux/
http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/content/software-resources )

All I had to do :
1) su
2) yum install compat-expat1
( which may already be installed on your Fedora 9.)

And then install the package ..
rpm -Uvh PQL-2009-246.i386.rpm

The command : /opt/passcal/bin/pql
.. will start the application.
.....

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yum IS INSTALLED by default
BUT seeing as you are using the OLD AND UNSUPPORTED fedora 9 you might as well UNINSTALL yum because it will never work on fedora 9 .the software repos for 9 are no longer.They are NOT supported and will NEVER be updated .

please install a supported version
Fedora 12 is the current and fedora 13 will be out in about 4 months

@ John VV : Not correct, all the main repos are still working.
( Update support ended : July-2009.)

Read post # 7, please.

Yesterday I did : # yum install compat-expat1
.. with no problems.

But may of course change any day, so you will have
to change the URL to the "archive"
http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pu...inux/releases/
.....

The key point is that even if you can find an archived version of F9 repos, they will not have been updated in some time (and will never be updated).
That's dangerous to the OP and to us, security wise.

It'll also be easier to install modern SW on a current distro.

Hello knudfl:

Item 1:

When I run:

rpm -qa | grep yum

and

rpm -qa yum

there is no output at all, no error message, no nothin'.

I also ran:

rpm -qa | sort > my-installed-packages.txt

which did not list yum.

I guess this confirms that I don't already have yum installed.

Question 1:

Regarding my Linux version, the install CDs I used were labelled "Red Hat 9" so I may be mistaken but I know I've seen "Fedora" appear during installation and elsewhre. Frankly, I'm still confused about Linux versions. Do I have Red Hat, Fedora, or both?

cat /proc version outputs:

Linux version 2.4.20-8 (bhcompile@porky.devel.redhat.com) (gcc version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)) #1 Thu Mar 13 17:54:28 EST 2003

So...ahem, what version of Linux do I have?

Question 2:

What version of Fedora are you using on the computer on which you successfully installed PQL?

I was told by the PQL developer that it was compiled on Fedora 10. I'm willing to upgrade to 10 or higher, but so far it seems that all upgrade instructions require the use of yum.

Can yum be installed independently?

Question 3:

I would like to upgrade to Fedora 10 or higher. Can I do so (I mean upgrade rather than completely reinstall) from the version I have?

Many thanks,

Suzan

Wow, you really are running Red Hat 9! It reached its "end of life" (no more official support!) way back in 2004. I really, really recommend a fresh reinstall of a currently-supported operating system.

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Eeek.

Yeah, don't use Red Hat Linux 9. That's like running Windows 98. It's out of date. If it's your computer, do a fresh install of an up-to-date distro.

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Hello

I resolved the problem by installing Fedora 12. PQLII then installed without whining.

Thanks everyone for your help.

Suzan