Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Re: Gnomemeeting on SuSE 8.0

[Stefan Bruens <lurch gmx li>]

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Am Donnerstag, 8. August 2002 00:00 schrieb Samo Gabrovec:
> On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 22:58, Stefan Bruens wrote:
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> > Am Mittwoch, 7. August 2002 21:47 schrieb Samo Gabrovec:
> > > Hello!
> > > i`m having problems with gnomemeeting.
> > > I cant get it installed :(
> > >
> > > I tried the binary rpm which wants some libs [i don`t know where to get
> > > them]
> > > ====
> > > rpm -i ../gnomemeeting-0.93.0-1.i586.rpm
> > > error: failed dependencies:
> > >         libXv.so.1 is needed by gnomemeeting-0.93.0-1
> > >         libXxf86dga.so.1 is needed by gnomemeeting-0.93.0-1
> > >         libXxf86vm.so.1 is needed by gnomemeeting-0.93.0-1
> >
> > You are sure you have installed XFree? Maybe you have installed it from
> > sources? These dependencies should be provided by the XFree rpms. If the
> > libs mentioned above _are_ installed on your system, you can install the
> > gnomemeeting package  with:
> > rpm -U --nodeps <name_of_packagefile>
>
> It works with --nodeps. Thanks.
>
> But why did it report that it doesnt have those libs?

RPM-Packages are scanned for libraries, which can be found in the package, and 
for missing (unresolved) libraries. The first are added to the "provides" 
entry of the package, the second to the "requires". If you try to install a 
package, your local rpm database is scanned if you have installed packages 
which provide the libraries which are needed. There are to common reasons for 
failing of this lookup: 
1. Installing from source, the libraries are installed to the right location, 
but rpm is not involved, so it does not know anything about them.
2. The packages are build with scanning for dependencies disabled, then the 
entries for the "requires" and "provides" section have to be added by hand.

If you want to know more about rpm, have a look at:
http://www.rpm.org/ , especially the "Documentation" section.

Hope this helps,
Stefan

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