Put quotes around each requirement. sudo yum install "perl(ExtUtils::Embed)" "rubygem(minitest)" And if you're building Subversion from scratch for RHEL 6, do look at my tools at https://github.com/nkadel/subversion-1.8.x-srpm On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 6:08 AM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > [builduser@buildserver64:/rpmbuild/SPECS]$ rpmbuild -bb subversion.spec > error: Failed build dependencies: > perl(ExtUtils::Embed) is needed by subversion-1.8.5-2.fc20.20140217.rh.x86_64 > rubygem(minitest) is needed by subversion-1.8.5-2.fc20.20140217.rh.x86_64 > [builduser@buildserver64:/rpmbuild/SPECS]$ sudo yum install perl(ExtUtils::Embed) rubygem(minitest) > -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `(' > _____________________________ > > how is somebody expected to translate such Require / Build-Requires > to a package name yum understands? > > > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct