I would not use 'force', as the consequences can be a corrupted RPM database and other conflicts.
The xdg-utils RPM for RHEL 4 is available from here: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/4/x86_64/ You might want to review the EPEL FAQ here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ You can uninstall the compiled version using "make uninstall" to avoid conflicts with the RPM. HTH, Marc Schwartz on 11/18/2008 10:31 AM Gustavo Carvalho wrote: > xdg utils is probably not being recognized because you compiled it > from source. The R rpm is looking for the xdg utils package. I'm not > familiar with yum, but I think you can try to force the installation: > > rpm -ivh --force (or something like that) /data/R-2.8.0-1.rh4.x86_64.rpm > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Peter Tait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to update my version of R on Centos 4. >> >> $uname -a >> >> Linux 2.6.9-78.0.5.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Oct 8 07:06:30 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 >> x86_64 GNU/Linux >> >> I tried to update the current version of R (2.6.2) which was installed >> locally as an rpm >> $R --version >> R version 2.6.2 (2008-02-08) >> Copyright (C) 2008 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing >> ISBN 3-900051-07-0 >> >> I used yum to try to do the update with the following error >> >> $su -c "yum localupdate /data/R-2.8.0-1.rh4.x86_64.rpm" >> Error: Missing Dependency: xdg-utils is needed by package R >> >> I have installed the xdg-utils manually from >> http://portland.freedesktop.org/download/xdg-utils-1.0.2.tgz >> >> $cd /data/xdg-utils-1.0.2 --> this is a directory >> $./configure --prefix=/usr >> $su -c " make install" >> $cd /usr/bin >> $ ls -al | grep xdg --> shows the xdg utilities >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14806 Nov 18 10:43 xdg-desktop-icon >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 39267 Nov 18 10:43 xdg-desktop-menu >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16177 Nov 18 10:43 xdg-email >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24129 Nov 18 10:43 xdg-icon-resource >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 28015 Nov 18 10:43 xdg-mime >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10131 Nov 18 10:43 xdg-open >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 19303 Nov 18 10:43 xdg-screensaver >> >> So the xdg-utils are installed but yum or the R rpm are not recognizing >> them? How do I solve this problem? >> >> Thanks >> Peter >> ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.