questions

[Ric Moore]

On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 09:38 -0600, Rick Sivernell wrote:
> 
> Hello all I ammm back. Got the below yum problem:
> 
> 
> yum update <retiurn key>
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> --> Running transaction check
> Error: Missing Dependency: xosd = 2.2.14-6.fc5 is needed by package bmp-xosd
> Error: Unable to satisfy dependencies
> Error: Package elfutils needs elfutils-libelf = 0.119-1.2.1, this is not
> available. Error: Package elfutils-libs conflicts with elfutils < 0.126-1.fc6.
> Error: Package bmp-xosd needs xosd = 2.2.14-6.fc5, this is not available.
> Error: Package elfutils-libelf conflicts with elfutils < 0.126-1.fc6.
> Error: Package gtkhtml needs libgnomecanvaspixbuf.so.1()(64bit), this is not
> available. Error: Package elfutils needs elfutils-libs = 0.119-1.2.1, this is not
> available. [root at RSivernell ~]#   
> 
> I have tried yum update --exclude <  all of the above error packages > and still
> no go. cI have been able to do a couple of specific items only. any ideas
> here,need some educating here.

Rick, install "smart". It's far better than just plain command line yum
at resolving things. It rides on top of yum, so it's not a replacement
that will screw up things. It's just better at showing you a lot more
choices among the repos and sometimes dnloading from one repo works
better than the others. Livna may have one set a library and atrpms or
freshrpms another set. It'll tell you before you commit to the install
what is about to happen and what dependencies are being applied. Really
slick. I only use yum now for standard updates. I'm a believer in smart
now and I'm a complete idiot. <grins hugely> Ric
 
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