Can't install YUM

[Jeff Lasman]

On Friday 11 February 2005 11:59 am, Paul W. Frields wrote:

> Solving this might seem harder if you didn't have access to another
> box with gmp installed. You can still solve it, however, by
> installing the rpmdb-redhat RPM on your system (which is useful for a
> number of purposes), and running:
>
>   rpm -q --dbpath /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/
>      --whatprovides libgmp.so.3
>
> That will provide the answer from the actual distribution:
>
>   gmp-4.1.2-2
>
> Get that RPM from your Red Hat 9 distribution and install, and you
> should be set. By the way, if you have that rpmdb-redhat RPM
> installed, you can use the rpm -ivh --aid switch, so if the stock
> distro knows what the solution to a dependency is, it will simply
> suggest the resolution to you. Have fun!

Thanks for improving my knowledge!

Jeff
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