In regard to: error: Failed dependencies, david kerns said (at 2:44pm on...:
Just joined the mail-list and found an (unresolved) existing thread with my exact issue. I'm hoping this get's linked to the existing thread... (last response Tue, Sep 1, 2015) # rpm -i mypackage.x86_64.rpm error: Failed dependencies: libtestlib.so()(64bit) is needed by mypackage.x86_64.rpm # rpm -qlp --provides mypackage.x86_64.rpm testlib.so()(64bit) /opt/mypackage/lib/testlib.so /opt/mypackage/lib/libtestlib.so
This is just a guess, but it looks like the shared library you're creating either doesn't have a SONAME or the SONAME doesn't match the actual file name. You should probably read up on best practices for creating a shared library on your platform (Linux, I presume, though you don't provide any details about your OS, distribution, version, or RPM version, all of which would be useful to include).
Note: libtestlib.so is a symbolic link to testlib.so If I make a hard link instead of a symbolic link (during the build process), the rpm install works fine
That seems to confirm that it's an issue with the SONAME. Read up on shared libraries on Linux and the SONAME. PS: if this is a package you will eventually distribute to customers, it's even more important that you follow more of the Linux conventions for shared libraries. Tim -- Tim Mooney Tim.Mooney@xxxxxxxx Enterprise Computing & Infrastructure 701-231-1076 (Voice) Room 242-J6, Quentin Burdick Building 701-231-8541 (Fax) North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5164 _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
