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Thank you for all your help so far, it seems to make sense what you are saying, however just gone to install the development tools (my fault I did a custom install & took them out) and it tells me it cannot continue because libselinux, pam, krb5-libs & libxml2 are not located on my system. I then went to the RPM's on the DVD & tried to install each one of them, but they all came back as installed. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAArgh

It almost makes me want to give it up & go back to Mr Gates, somebody please stop me doing that !!!!!

If you are using Mandrake, install packages using urpmi instead of installing individual rpms. There is more information about urpmi at zebulon.org.uk and easyurpmi.

If using Fedora or Redhat, you can use apt and synaptic or yum. You can get these at fedora.us or freshrpms. More nformation on using the tools I mentioned above is available on the web.

Sorry should have said using Fedora Core3, just tried yum install ***** each package & Fedora came back each time with the helpful nothing to do

[root@butterflytouch lib]# yum install libxml2
Setting up Install Process
Setting up Repo: base
repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
Setting up Repo: updates-released
repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
base : ################################################## 2622/2622
updates-re: ################################################## 506/506
Nothing to do

So as it's 2am I'm off to bed tonight but again would be very grateful of any help,

You need to install the devel files e.g

#yum instal libxml2-devel

If you are installing quite a few packages it maybe better to use apt and it's GUI interface synaptic.

download kernel-headers package for your linux distribution,install him,and the problem is gone

I've been having this same problem in Slackware 10.0. I installed on a base of Zipslack, only adding the libraries and packages I needed - this explains why I was missing the files.

Here are the packages I ended up needing:

binutils-2.15.90.0.3-i486-1.tgz
gcc-3.3.4-i486-1.tgz
gcc-g++-3.3.4-i486-1.tgz
kernel-headers-2.4.26-i386-3.tgz
make-3.80-i386-1.tgz

All of this is posted earlier in the thread, but I thought it might be worth putting together the list that worked for me in case someone else finds it.

The specific packages needed would depend on the distribution, of course.

...very simple and fast in slackware!
...install the slackpkg package
Use this command from shell:
slackpkg install kernel-headers


...sorry for my bad english, I'm italian!

I'm running FC3 2.6.10 ... I have this problem. However I can't seem to find the RPMs or what not to fix it. If anyone could give me the yum command for the packages I need to fix this it would be VERY helpful.

I've tried a ton of things...I even tried the Add/Remove applications through X...I was just going to add the development section but it gives me a bunch of problems since I already updated my system.

Anyhelp for us Fedora Core 3 users would be very helpful!

Can anybody help me here? PLZ

what do you have installed already and what do you need that it complains about

I guess what ever is supposed to go in the /lib/cpp folder is what I'm missing...

when I try to compile something it fails sanity check due to c++...

If you read the thread I have the same problem but I just haven't seen what packages I need for Fedora Core 3.... Thanks for they help

yes I know the problem but I need to know if you have things like gcc, binutils, make, and such installed (the main one here being gcc, as that is the package that has /usr/bin/cpp (which is symlinked to /lib/cpp for compatibility with older progs)).

if you have gcc and g++ installed, use yum to install the other packages from the list on the other page of this thread. (you will need most of those if not now, then later)

maybe I missing something....or you can call me stupid or whatever...I'm probably over reading it...I've been working 12 hours a day for to long now. But what exactly do I do to get yum to get a package? With GCC or whatever if I remember right I just did yum install gcc..but now I just get the nothing to do message..Sorry to bother you man. I just want to get away from Windows all the way. lol specially with that new piracy patch coming up.

try this link:

http://www.fedora.us/wiki/FedoraHOWTO

I would give you detailed info on exactly what to do, but I've never used Fedora or yum

also see this:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ora+core+3+yum

its not exactly related to your problem, but it deals with FC3 and yum and has more links on how to set it up.

apperantly if you install kernel-headers it will fix this problem

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...s+sanity+check
I am suffering with the same problem, gona try it out tonight