On Thursday 02 September 2004 13:45, seth vidal wrote: >On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 10:20 -0700, Emily Stumpf wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Hope this is the right place for this question, but please let me >> know if its not. >> >> I'm trying to install rt via yum. I've followed the directions >> here: http://wiki.bestpractical.com/index.cgi?RPMInstall >> >> Basically it said to add this to my yum.conf: >> >> --- cut here --- >> [xtra-rt] >> name=eXtra packages, updates and rt itself >> baseurl=http://campus.fct.unl.pt/paulomatos/rt/repository >> --- end here --- >> >> ... and then run this: >> yum install rt rt-mail-dispatcher >> >> So, the first few times I ran it, I got messages telling me that >> various perl modules that I needed were not installed, and one by >> one I grabbed them from cpan.org and installed them. > >Then rpm (the rpmdb) is not aware of them. you need to install the > rpms that provide these modules, not the tarballs. Or, find a working version of checkinstall and use that to put the tarballs in so that rpmdb is properly updated. The one I have that is supposed to work with the newer rpm, is: 145197 Aug 31 10:47 /usr/dlds-tgzs/checkinstall-1.6.0beta3.tgz Watch the filesize, there appears to be a broken beta3 about also. This also makes the tarball intstalls removeable to an 'rpm -e file-version' >> Well, there is one called Mail::SpamAssassin that it wanted, that >> I have installed, that I have verified in perl is already >> installed and seems to be accessable. However, this is what yum >> gives me: >> >> [root@notphilo emily]# yum install rt rt-mail-dispatcher >> Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) >> Server: eXtra packages, updates and rt itself >> Finding updated packages >> Downloading needed headers >> Resolving dependencies >> ......Unable to satisfy dependencies >> Package rt needs perl(Mail::SpamAssassin), this is not available. >> [root@notphilo emily]# >> >> >> Grr! So, I know its there, but yum isn't picking up on that I >> guess. Is there some way for me to tell it to ignore >> dependancies, or get around this somehow..? > >Yum doesn't have an --ignore-deps option, no. > >-sv -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.25% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
