Install the RPM with "yum install filenme.rpm", stop trying to install it directly wtth the "rpm" command if you want the dependencies to be resolved.
In RHEL 6, and Scientific Linux 6, the "libcurl" package is part of the basic distribution. There is very little reason left to use RHEL 5: upgrade if feasible. On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/17/2013 02:38 PM, John Doe wrote: >> >> From: Nico Kadel-Garcia <[email protected]> >> >>> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 4:48 AM, John Doe <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> 1. the flash-plugin-11.2.202.327-0.1.el5.rf.i386.rpm updates wants >>>> libcurl >>> >>> (while the previous version does not)... >>>> >>>> >>>> # rpm -qp -R flash-plugin-11.2.202.327-0.1.el5.rf.i386.rpm | grep -i >>>> curl >>>> libcurl >>>> # >>>> # rpm -q -R flash-plugin | grep -i curl >>>> # >>>> >>>> 2. While libcurl is present, yum complains it is not... >>>> >>>> flash-plugin-11.2.202.327-0.1.el5.rf.i386 from rpmforge has depsolving >>> >>> problems >>>> >>>> --> Missing Dependency: libcurl is needed by package >>> >>> flash-plugin-11.2.202.327-0.1.el5.rf.i386 (rpmforge) >>>> >>>> # rpm -q --provides curl | grep -i libcurl >>>> libcurl.so.3 >>>> # >>>> >>>> Is it because of the extra ".so.3"...? >>> >>> >>> I'll bet thatyou're on a 64-bit system. Try using "yum install >>> flash-plugin-11.2.202.327-0.1. >>> el5.rf.i386.rpm"., and see if it gets the necessary dependencies. >>> >>> Also, it's looking for a package called "libcurl". This not the >>> same as " a package that provides the libcurl library". What >>> does "rpm -q libcurl" say? >> >> >> # uname -m >> i686 >> >> Disabling the priorities plugin to look everywhere: >> # yum list | grep -i libcurl >> # >> >> Again, the previous flash version does not depend on "libcurl" or even >> curl at all... >> >> # rpm -qR flash-plugin | grep -i curl >> # >> >> It's weird that going from 11.2.202.310 to 11.2.202.327 implies such a >> big change (adding curl)... > > > FWIW, I can confirm that this issue exists on x86_64 (centos 5). > > I'ld say it's clearly a packaging bug in repoforge, the dep cannot be > satisfied with centos + rf repos AFAICT. > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.repoforge.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.repoforge.org/mailman/listinfo/users
