dependency error has occured at the time of installing software

rkarthi2k5 · 12-12-2008, 01:31 AM

hi Sir/Mam,

I am installing freewrl.rpm package in command prompt, but it shows the following dependency error...

error: Failed dependencies:
libreadline.so.4 is needed by freewrl-1.03-1.i386

i request u to give a solution..

Thanks&regards
Karthik

Junior Hacker · 12-12-2008, 02:24 AM

Go to rpmsearch and put libreadline.so.4 in the search field. You can also click on advanced search to search for an rpm specific to your distribution that you should mention in the future if you want precise help/answers.

rkarthi2k5 · 12-12-2008, 03:55 AM

Hi Sir/Mam

I am installing freewrl.rpm package in command prompt, but it shows the following dependency error...

error: Failed dependencies:
libreadline.so.4 is needed by freewrl-1.03-1.i386

after installing the Failed dependecies libreadline.so.4, it again shows the same error....

i also checked whether the dependencies are properly installed or not by using following command...

rpm -q libreadline4-4.3-8sls.i586 which contains libreadline.so.4..

Waiting for ur valuable reply....

Thanks & Regards
Karthik..

knudfl · 12-12-2008, 12:44 PM

Try this

# ln -s /lib/libreadline.so.4.3 /usr/lib/libreadline.so.4

lazlow · 12-12-2008, 02:37 PM

rkarthi2k5

It is really important that you tell us which distro, version, and arch, you are using whenever you ask a question. While the rpm command is common to all rpm based distros, most of those distros have have a tool to handle dependencies. For current RH based distros that tool is yum(yum install package). Further most(not all) rpms are specific to distro, version, and arch.