Please keep the discussions on the list. You'll get better results that way (because more people can respond) and it's a tad more polite. On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 03:33:21AM +0800, Saiffil Fariz Mohamad Yusuff wrote: > I actually did that at first > > [root@M-Touch etc]# rpm --rebuild yum-2.2.2-1.src.rpm > Installing yum-2.2.2-1.src.rpm > warning: user skvidal does not exist - using root > warning: group skvidal does not exist - using root > warning: user skvidal does not exist - using root > warning: group skvidal does not exist - using root > error: Failed build dependencies: > gettext is needed by yum-2.2.2-1 > > Sorry if this is so dum but what is skvidal? Does the warning harm the > system if i proceed? skvidal is the username of the warm and cudly yum author who built that srpm. That should probably be fixed, but it's not a problem. You can safely ignore those warnings. > As gettext is required i installed gettext 0.14.5 but that doesnt' change > anything : > > [root@M-Touch etc]# rpm --rebuild yum-2.2.2-1.src.rpm > Installing yum-2.2.2-1.src.rpm > warning: user skvidal does not exist - using root > warning: group skvidal does not exist - using root > warning: user skvidal does not exist - using root > warning: group skvidal does not exist - using root > error: Failed build dependencies: > gettext is needed by yum-2.2.2-1 > > So, i checked if gettext is really installed on the system : > > [root@M-Touch etc]# find / -name gettext > /etc/gettext-0.14.5/gettext-runtime/src/gettext > /etc/gettext-0.14.5/gettext-runtime/intl-java/gnu/gettext > /etc/gettext-0.14.5/gettext-runtime/intl-java/javadoc2/gnu/gettext > /etc/gettext-0.14.5/gettext-tools/src/gnu/gettext > /usr/share/doc/gettext > /usr/share/doc/gettext/javadoc2/gnu/gettext > /usr/share/gettext > /usr/bin/gettext > /usr/lib/gettext > > Yes, gettext is there. At this point i'm clueless. How do i get gettext to > work. Did you install gettext via rpm? rpm -q gettext rpm -qf /usr/bin/gettext rpm is likely complaining because it doesn't KNOW that gettext is installed. -Michael -- Michael D. Stenner mstenner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ECE Department, the University of Arizona 520-626-1619 1230 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721-0104 ECE 524G
