Catch-22 on an old Red Hat Linux 7.2 box
Andrew Vong
andrewvong at finpress.com
Fri May 6 21:55:25 UTC 2005
Dear Gurus,
With the limited Linux knowledge I have, I have tried all that I can but
seem to have hit a brickwall that I can't seem to get over. I hope someone
out there can help me out.
I refer to this page --> http://fedoralegacy.org/docs/quickstart.php
I am trying to install yum on a very old RHL 7.2 box so that I can update
it. However, I seem to be at a Catch-22 stuation.
Here's why:-
# rpm -U yum-1.0.3-6.0.7.x.legacy.noarch.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
rpm-python >= 0:4.0.4 is needed by yum-1.0.3-6.0.7.x.legacy
rpm >= 0:4.0.4 is needed by yum-1.0.3-6.0.7.x.legacy
From here, I go and download rpm-python and rpm from -->
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.2/updates/i386/
Here are the results I get from trying to install both the RPMs:-
rpm -U rpm-4.0.4-7x.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
popt = 1.6.4 is needed by rpm-4.0.4-7x
rpm = 4.0.3 is needed by rpm-python-4.0.3-1.03
rpm = 4.0.3 is needed by rpm-build-4.0.3-1.03
rpm = 4.0.3 is needed by rpm-devel-4.0.3-1.03
rpm = 4.0.3 is needed by rpm-perl-4.0.3-1.03
librpm-4.0.3.so is needed by gnorpm-0.96-11
librpm-4.0.3.so is needed by kdeadmin-2.2-8
librpm-4.0.3.so is needed by rpm-python-4.0.3-1.03
librpm-4.0.3.so is needed by rpm-build-4.0.3-1.03
librpm-4.0.3.so is needed by rpm-perl-4.0.3-1.03
librpm-4.0.3.so is needed by rpm2html-1.7-1
librpm-4.0.3.so is needed by rpmfind-1.7-2
librpmbuild-4.0.3.so is needed by kdeadmin-2.2-8
librpmbuild-4.0.3.so is needed by rpm-build-4.0.3-1.03
librpmdb-4.0.3.so is needed by gnorpm-0.96-11
librpmdb-4.0.3.so is needed by kdeadmin-2.2-8
librpmdb-4.0.3.so is needed by rpm-python-4.0.3-1.03
librpmdb-4.0.3.so is needed by rpm-build-4.0.3-1.03
librpmdb-4.0.3.so is needed by rpm-perl-4.0.3-1.03
librpmdb-4.0.3.so is needed by rpm2html-1.7-1
librpmdb-4.0.3.so is needed by rpmfind-1.7-2
librpmio-4.0.3.so is needed by gnorpm-0.96-11
librpmio-4.0.3.so is needed by kdeadmin-2.2-8
librpmio-4.0.3.so is needed by rpm-python-4.0.3-1.03
librpmio-4.0.3.so is needed by rpm-build-4.0.3-1.03
librpmio-4.0.3.so is needed by rpm-perl-4.0.3-1.03
librpmio-4.0.3.so is needed by rpm2html-1.7-1
librpmio-4.0.3.so is needed by rpmfind-1.7-2
AND
rpm -U rpm-python-4.0.4-7x.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
rpm = 4.0.4 is needed by rpm-python-4.0.4-7x
popt = 1.6.4 is needed by rpm-python-4.0.4-7x
librpm-4.0.4.so is needed by rpm-python-4.0.4-7x
librpmdb-4.0.4.so is needed by rpm-python-4.0.4-7x
librpmio-4.0.4.so is needed by rpm-python-4.0.4-7x
So it seems that I'm in a catch-22 situation here as the system does not
allow me to install any of the dependent rpms.
Can anyone tell me what I can do to resolve this?
Thank you in advance.
Best Regards,
Andrew
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