On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 08:46:40PM -0800, Ian Dobson wrote:
> I installed perl from source, not from and rpm and now any time I install
> anything that depends on perl it says
> error failed dependancies:
> /usr/bin/perl is needed by whatever.rpm
>
> I do have a /usr/bin/perl and it does work, and if I install the rpm with --nodeps
> it installs and it works.
>
> How do I tell the rpm database that I have a /usr/bin/perl??
Probably the recommended way to do this is to actually build your own rpm and
install that. Grab the original perl source rpm, install it so it builds the
right directory structures and gives you a spec file, and then replace the
source subtree with your new sources. Then build the new rpm with rpm -ba.
You'll end up with your own binary rpm based on the new version. Then install
that rpm and everybody should be happy.
.../Ed
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