questions

[Rick Sivernell]

On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:12:52 -0500
Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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Ric

  Going for it now, thanks

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