RES: glib2 missing

[Paul Howarth]

linuxmaillists at charter.net wrote:
> On Monday 18 September 2006 17:00, linuxmaillists at charter.net 
> wrote:
>> On Monday 18 September 2006 16:29, Cristiano Soares wrote:
>>> Did u try yum? And apt-get?
>>>
>>> Yum -y install glib2
>>>
>>> Apt-get install glib2
>> Yes, I ran yum and used to yumex to look for it.
>>
>> The one thing I forgot to do was to see if it is already
>> installed and it is but when I try to install any one of more
>> than a dozen apps they all complain that glib2 is missing and
>> won't install.
>>
>> So can any one tell me what I can do to figure out why this
>> problem is here?  Maybe this is part of the reason several apps
>> keep crashing every time I use them.
> 
> Group        : System Environment/Libraries
> Source       : glib2-2.12.3-2.fc6.src.rpm
> Build Time   : Wed Aug 30 09:34:15 2006
> Install Time : Sun Sep  3 23:49:38 2006
> License      : LGPL
> 
> Why would yum install a file for fc6 on fc5 ?

Because you enabled the development repo. If you have done a "yum 
update" with the development repo enabled, you are now running rawhide 
and not FC5.

It should be easy to tell:
$ cat /etc/redhat-release

Paul.