Yum failed dependencies?

jojojo · 06-15-2006, 01:01 AM

I tried to installed a web development tool called nvu using yum, but it displayed failed dependencies. Why is this? I thought yum will resolve all the dependencies cause before this, I installed any application using yum and it resolved all the dependencies for that software package.

Code:

[root@localhost jo]# yum install nvu*
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
dries                                                                [1/6]
dries                     100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
livna                                                                [2/6]
livna                     100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
updates                                                              [3/6]
updates                   100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
core                                                                 [4/6]
core                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
macromedia                                                           [5/6]
macromedia                100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
extras                                                               [6/6]
extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Examining nvu-1.0-1.rhel4.fs.i386.rpm: nvu - 1.0-1.rhel4.fs.i386
Marking nvu-1.0-1.rhel4.fs.i386.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package nvu.i386 0:1.0-1.rhel4.fs set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: xorg-x11-deprecated-libs for package: nvu
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: xorg-x11-deprecated-libs is needed by package nvu

hob · 06-15-2006, 01:47 PM

I think that the problem is with your yum config for the Dries repository: the package name suggests that it is for RHEL 4, rather than Fedora, and I don't think that the xorg-x11-deprecated-libs that it requires is a Fedora Core package.

jojojo · 06-15-2006, 02:02 PM

I've tried to install it manually by searching the xorg-x11-deprecated-libs at rpm.pbone.net and found out that it is a FC4 package. Neeway I've succesfully installed it manually.