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Dependency problems with 'yum' installing xorg-x11-tools

I'm trying to install xorg-x11-tools (on GNU/Linux 2.6.9-55.ELsmp), but "yum install xorg-x11-tools" gives the following error:

Code:

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--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Error: Missing Dependency: xorg-x11-libs = 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2 is needed by package xorg-x11

Error: Missing Dependency: xorg-x11-libs = 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2 is needed by package xorg-x11-xfs

However "yum install xorg-x11-libs" says:

Code:

Finished

Parsing package install arguments

Nothing to do

And "yum list" says:

Code:

xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL.i386                6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2      installed      

xorg-x11-devel.i386                      6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2      installed      

xorg-x11-libs.i386                      6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2      installed

And "yum check-update" doesn't list any x11 packages as needing an update.

What's the issue here? Why is it saying I need dependency packages that I already have newer versions for? Am I using yum wrong?

There is a difference between *update* and *upgrade*.

Your xorg.x11-libs may be up-to-date, but the version needs to be upgraded to a higher version for the xorg-x11-tools package you want to install.

Run yum update to get your repository information up-to-date, then run yum upgrade xorg-x11-libs to upgrade the package to a higher version number.

I ran 'yum update' (bash was the only package needing an update, that updated fine), then ran updgrade, but it said:

Code:

# yum upgrade xorg-x11-libs          

Repository dell-testing is listed more than once in the configuration

Setting up Upgrade Process

Setting up repositories

Reading repository metadata in from local files

Excluding Packages in global exclude list

Finished

Could not find update match for xorg-x11-libs

No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion

I think my xorg-x11-libs is already up to date. I think the version 'yum list installed' gives, 6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.2, is higher than the 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2 version that yum says is needed.