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Michael Schwendt wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 11:10:02 -0600, wayne wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Error: Missing Dependency: libSDL_gfx.so.13 is needed by package perl-SDL
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<pre wrap="">I did a search on the error message and found <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ferzkopp.net/joomla/content/view/19/14/">http://www.ferzkopp.net/joomla/content/view/19/14/</a>
which explains the reason for the error as:
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No, all this does not apply to Fedora until the SDL_gfx packager does
an upgrade to a newer SDL_gfx upstream release.
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If libSDL_gfx.so.13 was on my computer and was not recognized as such,
what would cause that? That was the symbolic link available but yum
didn't recognize the it as such as that package did not meet the
dependency requirements and the whole process failed. Attempts to <br>
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<pre wrap="">fix would be to locate the .so file using "locate SDL_gfx | grep .so"
and making a symbolic link to the missing dependency as in "ln -s
/usr/lib/SDL_gfx.so.0.0.15 /usr/lib/SDL_gfx.so.13". A newer .15 RPM
might requires some scripts to do this automatically - I don't know how
to set this up (that's why there is no .15 RPM right now.)
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This is not a fix but a poor hack. The fact that you have a
SDL_gfx.so.0.0.15 proves that you have downloaded an SDL_gfx package from
a non-Fedora repository. It is an incompatible package upgrade which
breakes the dependencies.
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Which repos could cause that? I believe the only one I have that is
not Fedora is for NVidia drivers, and I only enable it when the kernel
is updated so that I can use my NVidia graphics card.<br>
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<pre wrap="">Posted by Maurizio Loreti, whose homepage is here
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.pd.infn.it/%7Eloreti/mlo.html"><http://www.pd.infn.it/%7Eloreti/mlo.html></a> on 01/01/2007 at 14:19
I resolved the problem temporarily by removing frozen-bubble and
perl-SDL which are the only applications on my computer requiring
libSDL_gfx. I then had to go to /var/lib/rpm and delete all of the db
files and rebuild the database with rpm -vv --rebuilddb
This fixed the problem with updates.
I am hesitant to reinstall frozen-bubble until this problem is resolved.
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Just revisit my reply to your original message. You sound confused.
Messing with files in /var/lib/rpm was not necessary.
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You are right, I am confused. Where would you go to find answers to
error messages? Is google still my friend?<br>
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I kept getting error messages during yum -y update attempts. After "yum
remove frozen-bubble" and "yum remove perl-SDL" attempting to run "yum
-y update" generated a lockup of the terminal session with many lines
of ascii characters. Also messages about a corrupt database. "rpm
--vv --rebuilddb" did not work. After "cd /var/lib/rpm" then "rm -f
*.00*" I was able to successfully use "rpm -vv --rebuilddb" and then
run "yum -y update".<br>
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Why is removing the db files and rebuilding wrong? Is there a better
solution? BTW, I did a backup of the directory first in case the files
have some information that could be useful for troubleshooting.<br>
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Thank you for your help.<br>
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Also, after I received this response from you, I received the below
from the website from the above link:<br>
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Wayne,
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the problem comes from a long-standing bug in the SDl_gfx distro in
that the micro version was updated as 2.0.1, 2.0.2, .... but the .so
library version was updated as well to .so.1, .so.2 - in version 2.0.14
this was changed to a version .so.2 (which is the correct way).
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This is documented in the changelog. Since I am not making the RPMs, I
cannot change the Fedora behavior. What is missing is probably a manual
script that fixes the library version numbers when going from .13 to
anything above. I'll try to contact people on the Fedora list to get
this resolved.
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Until then please try the following:
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- you can try to locate the new SDL_gfx rpm, download it manually and
force an installation using "rpm -Uvh --force --nodeps *.rpm"
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- you can try to remove the package that is dependent on
libSDL_gfx.so.13
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Bye
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Andreas
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whose homepage is: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://glenmeadows.us">http://glenmeadows.us</a>
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Comment: I have been trying to update my system (Fedora Core 6) for
more than a month now, and the update keeps failing with an
error:Error: Missing Dependency: libSDL_gfx.so.13 is needed by package
perl-SDLrnI tried creating the symbolic link noted in your 1/1/2007
post above, but that didn't work. How long before this issue is
resolved? I have a utility running that reports 115 updates available,
and I cannot update at all.
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Regards,<br>
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