PackageKit has eaten my system (again!)

[DB]

Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:53:04 +0100
> DB <Freddog_de at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>   
>>> Message: 9 Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:03:48 -0700 From: Kevin Fenzi 
>>> <kevin at scrye.com> Subject: Re: PackageKit has eaten my system
>>> (again!) To: fedora-list at redhat.com Message-ID: 
>>> <20081221170348.42475e34 at ohm.scrye.com> Content-Type: text/plain; 
>>> charset="us-ascii" On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:13:46 +0000 Anne Wilson 
>>> <annew at kde.org> wrote:
>>>       
>>>>> On Sunday 21 December 2008 22:00:16 DB wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>>>> [Dave at localhost ~]$ rpm -qi pygpgme
>>>>>>> package pygpgme is not installed
>>>>>>> [Dave at localhost ~]$ rpm -qi python-iniparse
>>>>>>> package python-iniparse is not installed
>>>>>>> [Dave at localhost ~]$
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is there a way to tell rpm to go off and search a specific
>>>>>>> repo?  
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>> no. Rpm only acts on specific packages. 
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>>> If they are not installed 'yum install packagename' should pull
>>>>> them in - and you can list both packages in one command.
>>>>>           
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Except that he is trying to install yum.  ;)  
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> tried rpm --whatprovides yum but that evidently is not
>>>>>>> acceptable!  
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>       
>>>>>
>>>>> It's not apparent from the help file, but I think the command is
>>>>> 'rpm -q whatprovides ....' but I don't think that would have
>>>>> helped in this situation. I'd try
>>>>>
>>>>> yum install pygpgme python-iniparse yum
>>>>>           
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> No yum installed there for him.  ;)  
>>>
>>> Dave: Try the following: 
>>>
>>> rpm -ivh
>>> http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/updates/9/i386.newkey//yum-3.2.20-5.fc9.noarch.rpm
>>> http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/9/Everything/i386/os//Packages/pygpgme-0.1-8.fc9.i386.rpm 
>>> http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/9/Everything/i386/os//Packages/python-iniparse-0.2.3-3.fc9.noarch.rpm
>>>
>>> All on one big long line.  ;)  
>>> Not sure if there are further deps, but hopefully that will get yum
>>> installed for you. 
>>>
>>> kevin
>>>       
>> Thanks Kevin......
>>
>> In the order you listed the rpms, the yum failed needing pygpgme....
>> So I tried installing them t'other way around:
>>
>> [root at localhost ~]# rpm -ivh 
>> http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/9/Everything/i386/os//Packages/pygpgme-0.1-8.fc9.i386.rpm 
>> http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/9/Everything/i386/os//Packages/python-iniparse-0.2.3-3.fc9.noarch.rpm 
>> http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/updates/9/i386.newkey//yum-3.2.20-5.fc9.noarch.rpm
>> Retrieving 
>> http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/9/Everything/i386/os//Packages/pygpgme-0.1-8.fc9.i386.rpm
>> Retrieving 
>> http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/9/Everything/i386/os//Packages/python-iniparse-0.2.3-3.fc9.noarch.rpm
>> Retrieving 
>> http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/updates/9/i386.newkey//yum-3.2.20-5.fc9.noarch.rpm
>> error: Failed dependencies:
>>     libgpgme.so.11 is needed by pygpgme-0.1-8.fc9.i386
>>     libgpgme.so.11(GPGME_1.0) is needed by pygpgme-0.1-8.fc9.i386
>> [root at localhost ~]#
>>
>> Any idea where the so.11 files might be??  (or how with my limited 
>> knowledge of the remnants of my system, I should go about finding the 
>> deps??))
>>     
>
> You also need: 
>
> http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/9/Everything/i386/os//Packages/gpgme-1.1.6-3.fc9.i386.rpm
>
> it sounds like. 
>
>   
>> Thanks again
>>
>> Dave
>>     
>
> kevin
>   

Thanks again Kevin.... It seems that each time you give me another lead, 
rpm wants another 2 or 3 files......  It'd be alright if I could find a 
readable list of what is required to install an rpm!

Dave