On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:53:04 +0100
DB <Freddog_de(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> Message: 9 Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:03:48 -0700 From: Kevin Fenzi
>> <kevin(a)scrye.com> Subject: Re: PackageKit has eaten my system
>> (again!) To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com Message-ID:
>> <20081221170348.42475e34(a)ohm.scrye.com> Content-Type: text/plain;
>> charset="us-ascii" On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:13:46 +0000 Anne Wilson
>> <annew(a)kde.org> wrote:
>>
>>>> On Sunday 21 December 2008 22:00:16 DB wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> [Dave@localhost ~]$ rpm -qi pygpgme
>>>>>> package pygpgme is not installed
>>>>>> [Dave@localhost ~]$ rpm -qi python-iniparse
>>>>>> package python-iniparse is not installed
>>>>>> [Dave@localhost ~]$
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there a way to tell rpm to go off and search a specific
>>>>>> repo?
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>> no. Rpm only acts on specific packages.
>>
>>
>>
>>>> If they are not installed 'yum install packagename' should pull
>>>> them in - and you can list both packages in one command.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Except that he is trying to install yum. ;)
>>
>>
>>
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> tried rpm --whatprovides yum but that evidently is not
>>>>>> acceptable!
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It's not apparent from the help file, but I think the command is
>>>> 'rpm -q whatprovides ....' but I don't think that would have
>>>> helped in this situation. I'd try
>>>>
>>>> yum install pygpgme python-iniparse yum
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>> No yum installed there for him. ;)
>>
>> Dave: Try the following:
>>
>> rpm -ivh
>>
http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/updates/9/i38...
>>
http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/9/Ev...
>>
http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/9/Ev...
>>
>> All on one big long line. ;)
>> Not sure if there are further deps, but hopefully that will get yum
>> installed for you.
>>
>> kevin
>>
> Thanks Kevin......
>
> In the order you listed the rpms, the yum failed needing pygpgme....
> So I tried installing them t'other way around:
>
> [root@localhost ~]# rpm -ivh
>
http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/9/Ev...
>
http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/9/Ev...
>
http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/updates/9/i38...
> Retrieving
>
http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/9/Ev...
> Retrieving
>
http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/9/Ev...
> Retrieving
>
http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/updates/9/i38...
> error: Failed dependencies:
> libgpgme.so.11 is needed by pygpgme-0.1-8.fc9.i386
> libgpgme.so.11(GPGME_1.0) is needed by pygpgme-0.1-8.fc9.i386
> [root@localhost ~]#
>
> Any idea where the so.11 files might be?? (or how with my limited
> knowledge of the remnants of my system, I should go about finding the
> deps??))
>
You also need:
http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/9/Ev...
it sounds like.
> Thanks again
>
> Dave
>
kevin
Thanks again Kevin.... It seems that each time you give me another lead,
rpm wants another 2 or 3 files...... It'd be alright if I could find a
readable list of what is required to install an rpm!
Dave