On 4/25/06, Jim Perrin <jperrin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Two questions:
> > 1. Doesn't yum know that its running on a 64 bit system and
> > automatically pull the right rpm's?
>
> Yum knows. The problem is that you haven't told it specifically which
> one you want. Multiple packages provide that file. The other issue is
> that the 64bit centos isn't fully 64bit. There are some i386 packages
> in place for compatibility, and updates to them get dragged in as
> well. This is a reasonably common problem, and if you read/google
> through the list archives, you'll see several instances of it. It's
> not a yum issue, so much as an OS issue inherited from the upstream
> vendor.
>
> > 2. If I need to specify 64 bit version of the aforementioned pkg
> > (libXmu.so.6), how do I do that? Is there a naming convention for
> > this?
>
> I'd start off by adding/creating a file for your user and root called
> .rpmmacros in their respective home directories. The content of this
> file should be as follows:
>
> %_query_all_fmt %%{name}-%%{version}-%%{release}.%%{arch}
Quick question before getting into the real stuff. I put the file into
/root. But do not understand what you meant to also put this file in
'user'.
> Then do 'yum provides libXmu.so.6'
> It'll return the likely matches, showing the appropriate arch for
> each. Then if you want the 64bit package do 'yum install
> packagename.x86_64'
>
> It should be in xorg-x11-libs.i386 or xorg-x11-libs.x86_64. You'll
> want to run the commands above to verify this for yourself.
The output shows that I have it installed?
First it shows:
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xorg-x11-libs.i386 6.8.2-1.EL.13.25 base
Matched from:
libXmu.so.6
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Then after all the detail of pkg's added/deleted, yum style, it reports:
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xorg-x11-libs.x86_64 6.8.2-1.EL.13.25 base
Matched from:
/usr/X11R6/lib64/libXmu.so.6.2
/usr/X11R6/lib64/libXmu.so.6
libXmu.so.6()(64bit)
xorg-x11-libs.i386 6.8.2-1.EL.13.25 base
Matched from:
/usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6
/usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6.2
libXmu.so.6
xorg-x11-libs.x86_64 6.8.2-1.EL.13.25 base
Matched from:
/usr/X11R6/lib64/libXmu.so.6.2
/usr/X11R6/lib64/libXmu.so.6
libXmu.so.6()(64bit)
xorg-x11-libs.i386 6.8.2-1.EL.13.25 base
Matched from:
/usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6
/usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6.2
libXmu.so.6
xorg-x11-libs.x86_64 6.8.2-1.EL.13.25 installed
Matched from:
/usr/X11R6/lib64/libXmu.so.6
/usr/X11R6/lib64/libXmu.so.6.2
libXmu.so.6()(64bit)
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Please help clarify.
Thank you much;
nat
