erroneous dependency errors while using Package Manager

Andrew Stewart astew at wam.umd.edu
Fri Sep 23 20:03:20 UTC 2005


I am unable to install the KDE desktop environment via
the add/remove packages Package Management application
(/usr/bin/system-config-packages) on Fedora Core 3.

I am running Fedora Core 3 kernel release
2.6.12-1.1378_FC3smp.

After checking the KDE box on the Add/Remove packages
window, and clicking the "Update" button, "preparing
system update" dialog window appears, followed by a
window with message:

"Package Not Found

The following package could not be found on your
system.  Installation cannot continue until it is
installed.

Unlocatable package xorg-x11-libs 
Required by ('xorg-x11-devel','6.8.2','1.FC3.45.2')"

However, the most recent version of the library is
installed, according to yum:

$ yum list | grep "xorg-x11-libs"
xorg-x11-libs.i386                      
6.8.2-1.FC3.45.2       installed
xorg-x11-libs.i386                      
6.8.2-1.FC3.45.1       updates-released


Any ideas what might be going wrong here?

Thanks,
-Andrew Stewart






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