problem installing kino on fc5

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 20 October 2006 04:09, Pawel wrote:
>Thank You for Your answer.
>After half of year of using fc5 I noticed that livna is the largest
> repository for fc5, but unfortunatelly at installation time, I read
> installation notes and it contained steps for using freshrpms and dries
> repositories.
>
>I wonder why do You suggest me to use livna. Is it because You also
> noticed that this is the bigest repository or there are also any other
> advantages I do not realize.
>
>Regards

Well, for starters, the livna version of kino and friends all works with 
the latest 2.6.18.1-2200 kernel.  It installed on my FC5 lappy even with 
no dependency problems before that also.

>Dnia 20-10-2006 o godz. 0:29 Phil Meyer napisał(a):
>> Pawel wrote:
>> > Hallo.
>> > I have following repositories enabled:
>> > 1) all fedora repositories
>> > 2) dries repository
>> > 3) freshrpm repository
>> >
>> > When I try to install kino software I ge following message:
>> > [root at localhost ~]# yum install kino
>> > Loading "installonlyn" plugin
>> > Setting up Install Process
>> > Setting up repositories
>> > dries
>>
>> [1/6]
>>
>> > core
>>
>> [2/6]
>>
>> > updates
>>
>> [3/6]
>>
>> > freshrpms
>>
>> [4/6]
>>
>> > macromedia
>>
>> [5/6]
>>
>> > extras
>>
>> [6/6]
>>
>> > Reading repository metadata in from local files
>> > Parsing package install arguments
>> > Resolving Dependencies
>> > --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
>> > ---> Downloading header for kino to pack into transaction set.
>> > kino-0.9.2-1.fc5.rf.i386. 100% |=========================|  26 kB
>>
>> 00:00
>>
>> > ---> Package kino.i386 0:0.9.2-1.fc5.rf set to be updated
>> > --> Running transaction check
>> > --> Processing Dependency: libx264.so.48 for package: kino
>> > --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>> > Error: Missing Dependency: libx264.so.48 is needed by package kino
>> >
>> >
>> > I have x264 package installed on my system, with newer vesion of
>>
>> libx264 (50) installed on my system:
>> > prompt$ rpm -qa | grep x264
>> > x264-0.0.0-0.2.20060917.fc5.rf
>> >
>> > prompt$ rpm -ql x264
>> > /usr/bin/x264
>> > /usr/lib/libx264.so.50
>> > /usr/share/doc/x264-0.0.0
>> > /usr/share/doc/x264-0.0.0/AUTHORS
>> > /usr/share/doc/x264-0.0.0/COPYING
>> >
>> > Have You got any idea on how to install kino?
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > ----------------------------------------------------
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>>
>> You are experiencing the clasic 'packaging conflicts' issues that have
>> always surrounded third party repositories.
>>
>> Please understand that Dries and freshrpms and atrpms (and others) are
>> maintained by dedicated folks who have contributed much and receive
>> little in return.  They are amongst the pioneers of automated packaging
>> methods for RH and Fedora.
>>
>> However, no matter how much hand waving, cursing, threatening, or
>> whatever else, these guys just have not been able to agree on the
>> conventions used for package numbering.
>>
>> You can read many flame wars from the recent past on this issue, and I
>> do not wish to raise it again here.  I try to give credit where credit
>> is due.
>>
>> In the case of Fedora Core 5, the third party, livna, committed to obey
>> the conventions outlined, and remain version specific to extras,
>> regardless of right, wrong, or indifferent.  Whether that constitutes a
>> 'deal', a 'sell out', a conspiracy, or whatever, does not matter.
>>
>> For Fedora Core 5 I recommend to users that they keep enabled the
>> following repos:
>> core
>> updates
>> extras
>> livna
>>
>> For things not found there, and there are many, then --enable freshrpms
>> (or whatever).
>> Otherwise, you will begin to experience exactly what is happening here,
>> which is a versioning issue on a package that prevents others from
>> meeting a dependency.
>>
>> kino is in livna ...
>>
>>
>>
>>
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