When I try to install pidgin on RHEL 5 and I get the following:

[root@localhost Desktop]# yum install pidgin
Loading "security" plugin
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
rhel-i386-server-5 100% |=========================| 1.4 kB 00:00
rhel-i386-server-vt-5 100% |=========================| 1.4 kB 00:00
rhn-tools-rhel-i386-serve 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:00
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package pidgin.i386 0:2.5.2-0.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libgtkspell.so.0 for package: pidgin
--> Processing Dependency: libpurple.so.0 for package: pidgin
--> Processing Dependency: perl(Purple) for package: pidgin
--> Processing Dependency: libpurple = 2.5.2 for package: pidgin
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libpurple.i386 0:2.5.2-0.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libsilc-1.0.so.2 for package: libpurple
--> Processing Dependency: cyrus-sasl-md5 for package: libpurple
--> Processing Dependency: libsilcclient-1.0.so.1 for package: libpurple
---> Package gtkspell.i386 0:2.0.11-2.1 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libpurple.i386 0:2.5.2-0.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libsilc-1.0.so.2 for package: libpurple
--> Processing Dependency: libsilcclient-1.0.so.1 for package: libpurple
---> Package cyrus-sasl-md5.i386 0:2.1.22-4 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: libsilcclient-1.0.so.1 is needed by package libpurple
Error: Missing Dependency: libsilc-1.0.so.2 is needed by package libpurple

How do I fix the problems with these dependencies?

Also, I have tried installing AIM for linux and this is what I get:

[root@localhost Desktop]# rpm -i aim-1.5.286-1.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libgdk-1.2.so.0 is needed by aim-1.5.286-1.i386
libglib-1.2.so.0 is needed by aim-1.5.286-1.i386
libgmodule-1.2.so.0 is needed by aim-1.5.286-1.i386
libgtk-1.2.so.0 is needed by aim-1.5.286-1.i386
libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 is needed by aim-1.5.286-1.i386

Apparently this is quite a common problem. I found several guides but none of them look really like the best solution.. Still:

http://hanoteau.blogspot.com/2007/10...-on-rhel5.html
http://yajith.blogspot.com/2008/04/i...-on-rhel5.html

Hope this helps. Cheers