lua-devel can't find libreadline.so.5?

[Niels de Vos]

On 05/03/2012 06:30 AM, Joshua J. Kugler wrote:
> This may be a total newbie mistake, but I'm getting the error below from
> the following command:
>
> # yum -d0 -e0 -y  install lua-devel-5.1.4-4.el5
> lua-5.1.4-4.el5.i386 from addon-epel5-x86_64 has depsolving problems
>    -->  Missing Dependency: libreadline.so.5 is needed by package
> lua-5.1.4-4.el5.i386 (addon-epel5-x86_64)
> lua-5.1.4-4.el5.i386 from addon-epel5-x86_64 has depsolving problems
>    -->  Missing Dependency: libncurses.so.5 is needed by package
> lua-5.1.4-4.el5.i386 (addon-epel5-x86_64)
> Error: Missing Dependency: libncurses.so.5 is needed by package
> lua-5.1.4-4.el5.i386 (addon-epel5-x86_64)
> Error: Missing Dependency: libreadline.so.5 is needed by package
> lua-5.1.4-4.el5.i386 (addon-epel5-x86_64)
>   You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
>   You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
>                          package-cleanup --dupes
>                          rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
> The program package-cleanup is found in the yum-utils package.

You seem to be missing the package called readline. My RHEL-5 shows the following:
# yum whatprovides libreadline.so.5
Loaded plugins: product-id, rhnplugin, security, subscription-manager
Updating Red Hat repositories.
readline-5.1-3.el5.i386 : A library for editing typed command lines.
Repo        : rhel-x86_64-server-5
Matched from:
Other       : libreadline.so.5

You might be missing the rhel-x86_64-server-5 repository. If this is on a 
RHEL-system, you likely need to register it at the Red Hat Network:
- https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/solutions/11216

Cheers,
Niels


> addon-epel5-x86_64 is a local mirror of the EPEL5 x86_64 repository.
>
> I understand there are 32 packages in the x86_64 repository, so that
> doesn't seem to be the issue.  Is something on my end broken, or is
> there a bug in the package?
>
> j
>


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Niels de Vos
Software Maintenance Engineer
Global Support Services
Red Hat