[svlug] Using RPM

[Todd Lyons]

Eric Pretorious wrote:

> # rpm -q glibc
> glibc-2.1.92-14
> # rpm -q glibc-common
> package glibc-common is not installed
> #
> # rpm -i glibc-common-2.2-12.i386.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
>         glibc < 2.2-12 conflicts with glibc-common-2.2-12
> # rpm -U glibc-2.2-12.i386.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
>         glibc-common = 2.2 is needed by glibc-2.2-12
>         /usr/bin/getent   is needed by stunnel-3.8-4
> Is this supposed to be so baffling?

The answer is easy, but not necessarily obvious.  The guys have already
mentioned the --force option, but there's a more eloquent way:
   rpm -Uvvh glibc-common-2.2-12.i386.rpm glibc-2.2-12.i386.rpm
all on one line.  It has the ability to let multiple packages being
installed simultaneously fulfill dependencies.  I consider --force a
last resort option.
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