> >Message: 6 >Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:12:13 -0800 (PST) >From: anthony baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Psyche RedHat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: ghosts in the machine (or just another UTS?) >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >I tried to install kcreatecd and was told there was a missing dep, mpg123 >Now, I thought that I had installed that, so I found the tar for it in my /home and >extracted it again and installed it. >Then I tried to install kcreatecd from rpm again, and I got the same message, that >mpg123 was "unlocatable". (Same msg about libvorbisfile.so.0). >Is this a UTS bug? >Also, I have installed j2re-1_4_1 (from sun) about a dozen times, (I get a message >stating that it IS installed, so I have removed and re-installed, even) and still >can't seem to run java stuff. (java -jar swingman.jar gives nothing, etc.) AND on top >of that, I finally got around to updating my OO.o to 1.0.1, and the setup said that >java was not available. >Another UTS bug? > >tony > >http://www.School-Library.net >Read, Connect, Learn! >_____________________________________________________________ >Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get [EMAIL PROTECTED] w/No Ads, 6MB, >POP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag > > > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 7 >From: Jesse Keating <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Organization: j2Solutions >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: ghosts in the machine (or just another UTS?) >Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 16:23:37 -0800 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On Wednesday 15 January 2003 15:12, anthony baldwin wrote: >> I tried to install kcreatecd and was told there was a missing dep, mpg123 >> Now, I thought that I had installed that, so I found the tar for it in my >> /home and extracted it again and installed it. Then I tried to install >> kcreatecd from rpm again, and I got the same message, that mpg123 was >> "unlocatable". (Same msg about libvorbisfile.so.0). >> Is this a UTS bug? > >No... RPMS can not satisfy dependencies from source installed software. If an >rpm has a dep, you must install an rpm to fix it.
Really? that seems kinda silly to me...I thought rpm was just a rh self-extracting way of packaging, and when installed, the same code was installed as if compiled from source. guess that shows what I know. > >> Also, I have installed j2re-1_4_1 (from sun) about a dozen times, (I get a >> message stating that it IS installed, so I have removed and re-installed, >> even) and still can't seem to run java stuff. (java -jar swingman.jar gives >> nothing, etc.) AND on top of that, I finally got around to updating my OO.o >> to 1.0.1, and the setup said that java was not available. Another UTS >> bug? > >Java rpm installs to a pretty funky location. /lib/java/version/foo or >something. rpm -ql $javarpm to see where it puts the files, then update your >path and javapath accordingly. What the...here are the results... $ rpm -ql $javarpm rpmq: no arguments given for query [tony@localhost programs]$ There is a nice little howto found here: >http://www.halley.cc/ed/linux/howto/ > Hmmm...I just did this: $ rpm -ivh j2re-1_4_1-rc-linux-i586.rpm and got this: error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1) error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm [tony@localhost programs]$ Tried the older version: $ rpm -ivh jre-1.3.1_06.i586.rpm error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1) error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm [tony@localhost programs]$ I then tried the mpg123 rpm and got the same message....hmmm... I'm kinda stumped...more UTS tony http://www.School-Library.net Read, Connect, Learn! >-- >Jesse Keating RHCE MCSE >For Web Services and Linux Consulting, Visit --> j2Solutions.net >Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org) > >Was I helpful? Let others know: > http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating > > _____________________________________________________________ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get [EMAIL PROTECTED] w/No Ads, 6MB, POP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
