rpm dependency

avijitp · 03-30-2008, 07:56 AM

While installing a rpm, I get a lot of dependency saying so many .so files are required.

How do I know which rpm can provide that? Is there a rpm command option which can show me the package names instead of the .so file?

XavierP · 03-30-2008, 08:35 AM

RPM based distros nowadays come with their own dependency checking install software. Suse/Novell has Yast and Fedora has yum. In a console (as root) run yum install <packagename>.

Alternatively, do a search for the name of the so file without the .so at the end.

avijitp · 03-30-2008, 09:02 AM

up2date and yum is cable of resolving the dependencies where they are connected to the rhn (Since I use the RHEL). However, in this case, I need to install a 3rd party rpm which is throughing lot of dependency errors.

Is there any rpm command switch that can help me find out the actual rpm package for the dependencies.

lazlow · 03-30-2008, 10:54 AM

Which version are you using?

You are usually better off finding a repo that supplies the rpm and setting yum up to use it.

avijitp · 03-30-2008, 11:03 AM

RHEL AS 3.
Unfortunately, server is isolated and can not be connected to rhn

lazlow · 03-30-2008, 11:26 AM

The reality is that running linux(any version, distro) without a internet connection is pretty tough. The good news is that without a internet connection you are more secure than if you were directly exposed to the net. RHEL3 precedes yum(I think) or I would suggest making your own internal repo. Basically you just download everything in the repo and set up your own. The newer version have a createrepo package.