i've downloaded an rpm to update my openssl. i'm running linux 7.3 so openssl-devel-0.9.6b-35.7.i386.rpm looks the best to update with. however i'm having trouble installing it. i've used rpm -U --force openssl-devel-0.9.6b-35.7.i386.rpm....but this is the error i get. can anyone help.....



# rpm -U --force openssl-devel-0.9.6b-35.7.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
openssl = 0.9.6b-35.7 is needed by openssl-devel-0.9.6b-35.7


note: openssl-0.9.6b-28 is the rpm that is found when running rpm -qa

It looks like you are going to have to find openssl-0.9.6b-35.7.i386.rpm to upgrade.
rpmfind

i've already found the rpm.....and i've downloaded it.....the problem is i can't get it to upgrade/install. the rpm -U command doesn't seem to be working.....how can i get it to?

Try putting both rpms in an empty folder, cd to that folder and try

rpm -Uvh *

move openssl-devel-0.9.6b-35.7.i386.rpm (aka newer version) to some test file and tried rpm -Uvh *. still getting same error.



# rpm -Uvh --force *
error: failed dependencies:
openssl = 0.9.6b-35.7 is needed by openssl-devel-0.9.6b-35.7

Put both rpms in that directory

The rpm bible - Maximum RPM

i can't seem to find the old openssl rpm.

cd /
find . -name "openssl*.rpm"

are only returning the locations of the newer rpm's. the rpm -qa is only telling me which version of the openssl is running. not where it is located. i don't know if the upgrade option (that isn't working properly) has already removed some of them. anyway i can't find the old rpm to place in the folder with the new one. thanks for the link hopefully that will help. still though if anyone knows why the upgrade isn't working i would like to know.....thanks

BTW, What do you mean by linux 7.3 as there is no such animal? Would that perhaps be Red Hat 7.3?

The error message is telling you that you need to match openssl and openssl-devel. You need to download both packages.

openssl-devel-0.9.6b-35.7.i386.rpm
openssl-0.9.6b-35.7.i386.rpm

If you have and can't remember where you downloaded the other package to, try this

updatedb
locate openssl-0.9.6b-35.7.i386.rpm

If you havent found and downloaded it you will have to do so.

Just in case you are running Red Hat 7.3, here are some links:

# Red Hat links
Red Hat Linux Manuals
Get your mp3 support here
Maximum RPM
rpmfind
Easier software management: apt4rpm - Red Carpet
Red Hat 8.0 Tips & Tricks

# Red Hat 7.3 down configuration commands
setup leads to several configuration tools

# Red Hat 7.3 up configuration commands
Configure soundcard:
redhat-config-soundcard
Configure X server:
redhat-config-xfree86
Configure network:
redhat-config-network
Manage software:
redhat-config-packages
Red Hat Linux 8.0 Package Management Tool
Red Hat 9.0 Package Management Tool
Manage users
redhat-config-users

# Handling NTFS
New Technology FileSystem (NTFS) HOWTOs
Linux NTFS project

ok i didn't download openssl-devel-0.9.6b-35.7.i386.rpm.......ok i think this might help......thanks so much.

Strange.. your first post:That seems to say it was the openssl-0.9.6b-35.7.i386.rpm that wasn't downlded

yeah sorry......


i'm running redhat 7.3. therefore my search for the most recent and stable openssl rpm for red hat 7.3 was openssl-devel-0.9.6b-35.7.i386.rpm. anyway i've been trying to upgrade my openssl from a lower version and i've been having problems.....


there hopefully that makes more since.


and it seems to be working now once i got both files together
openssl-devel-0.9.6b-35.7.i386.rpm
openssl-0.9.6b-35.7.i386.rpm

thanks again