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Why do I get failed dependencies error when installing rpm?
While installing or removing a rpm manually (without yum), you may get Failed dependencies error. It happens because a rpm requires certain pre-requisite rpms to be installed before installing the main rpm. For example I am trying to install glibc-devel here but the installation fails with Failed dependencies error.
How to get list of RPMs for RHEL?
For RHEL nodes the system must be registered with Red Hat Network, while CentOS nodes will have all the default repository files by default available under /etc/yum.repos.d/ Now if you do not have a node with active internet connection and baseline repository then you can also get the list of dependency rpms offline.
Which is the only rpm required for glibc-devel?
Now with the provided error on screen, it is not sure that this is the only dependency rpm which may be required for glibc-devel.
Is it possible to install Yum on RPM?
If you do not have a yum repository then installation via yum is not possible. In such case you must manually download the createrepo rpm and it’s dependency rpms for the installation. You can also get this rpm in your source DVD and then create a repository.
How to disable automatic detection of dependencies in rpm?
If no package provides libx1.so, your RPM will continue to show a dependency error unless you remove libx1.so from the “Requires:” line. To disable automatic detection of dependencies, you can add this to your .spec file: A lot more information is at rpm.org and rpm5.org.
How to fix rpm dependency resolution on installed library?
Bottom line, install a newer version of openssl and it should provide the dependencies you need. Good Luck! Download the proper rpm package from this link. And then yum install your package again. I was able to fix this by removing openssl from the exclude line in /etc/yum.conf. We have managed servers, so it was placed there by default.
Where does rpm look for dependencies in RedHat?
The dependencies of an RPM file are specified in its .spec file on the “Requires:” line. You can also run this command to determine which dependencies are required: The dependency libx1.so itself should be installed through an RPM, so that its presence is entered in a database maintained by the RedHat Package Manager.
How to use rpm before trying to install rpm?
To use this before trying to install rpm you must have a host which is connected with Internet and has baseline repository. For RHEL nodes the system must be registered with Red Hat Network, while CentOS nodes will have all the default repository files by default available under /etc/yum.repos.d/
How to make Rpm Auto install dependencies in Fedora?
For dnf users just use dnf install *.rpm, localinstall is no longer needed. And automatically asked authorization to dowload the depedencies. Below the example, i am using fedora 22