FC8 applications install dumb questions - updae

[Carl Lowenstein]

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 5:46 PM, bob smith <sfmc68 at verizon.net> wrote:
> bob smith wrote:
>
> Apps first, cause I have the box running okay so far....
> I am trying to install alpine on fc8 (ds10).
> I am using various commands - yum install ....
> yum install libdhcp.alpha
> yum install libdhcp*.alpha
> and I get these errors on every try....
> Error: Missing Dependency: libdhcp4client-3.1.0.so.0 is needed by package
> mkinitrd
> Error: Missing Dependency: libdhcp4client-3.1.0.so.0 is needed by package
> libdhcp
> Error: Missing Dependency: libdhcp4client-3.1.0.so.0 is needed by package
> nash
> Error: Missing Dependency: libssl.so.6 is needed by package kdebase
> thanks
> bob
>
> --
>
>
> getting real familiar with yum,
> been reading the faq, dug out my red hat books,
> looking on the web for help.  not finding what I need yet.
> tried to do a yum update
> same error set.
> looking to install postfix and so on.  I want to move a number of alphas
> over to fedora.
> I need to be able to set up the right features, Pointers to reading that
> will help,
> an update that others have this, or it has been solved, much appreciated.
> thanks!!
> bob

Generic advice:
$ yum list available > /tmp/available.lst

Then search available.lst with the tool of your choice to see what you
might need.

Otherwise, I would have tried the shotgun approach:

# yum install libdhcp libdhcp-devel libdhcp4client libdhcp4client-devel

    carl
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