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Old 11-10-2002, 01:43 AM   #1
CodeCobalt
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Stupid Newbie, installing Openssh


Hi, i'm a stupid newbie . I can't seem to install openssh. it sends me in a big loop. I'm running RedHat 8.0, and am trying to install the following RPM's

openssh-3.5p1-1.i386.rpm
openssh-clients-3.5p1-1.i386.rpm
openssh-askpass-3.5p1-1.i386.rpm
openssh-server-3.5p1-1.i386.rpm
openssh-askpass-gnome-3.5p1-1.i386.rpm

Okay now here is what it says. first I decide to install (i'm doing this the graphical way)
openssh-server-3.5p1-1.i386.rpm

It asks for
openssh = 3.5p1-1

So then I decide to install
openssh-3.5p1-1.i386.rpm
because it was asked for. I then attempt to install it, but it asks for
openssh = 3.4p1-2
I then download and attempt to install
openssh-3.4p1-2.i386.rpm
and it gives me an error message saying latest version is already installed.

I then attempt to install
openssh-clients-3.5p1-1.i386.rpm
It asks for
openssh-3.5p1-1

Since the install of openssh-3.5p1-1 failed before I skip it and go to install
openssh-askpass-3.5p1-1.i386.rpm
it also asks for
openssh-3.5p1-1

I skip ahead to
openssh-askpass-gnome-3.5p1-1.i386.rpm
It also asks for
openssh-3.5p1-1


What the heck is going on and how do I fix it? please be patient and detailed as I know very little about Redhat or unix.

Thanks in advance

CodeCobalt
 
Old 11-10-2002, 02:32 AM   #2
finegan
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Well... I'm anti-RPM, so I've got two suggestions:

1. Compile the whole thing from source. This will actually screw up your RPM dependancy tree as far as ssh is concerned, but it seems that RH shipped it broken anyway.

or, if you're certain you've got it right and are feeling courageous:

2. rpm -i --nodeps package.rpm

Tells it to just install the RPM and ignore the dependency checking.

Luck,

Finegan
 
  


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