Fedora 9 dependency issues

[Jeffrey Ross]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:29:43 -0500, Jeffrey Ross wrote:
>
>   
>> I've got a dependency issue that I'm not sure how to deal with.  This is 
>> a Fedora 9 x86_64 system.  I'm trying to install tkinter and I'm running 
>> the command "sudo yum install tkinter"  yum proceeds to run, listing the 
>> packages that need to be included to satisfy the dependencies.  However 
>> it gets to:
>>
>> --> Missing Dependency: python = 2.5.1-25.fc9 is needed by package 
>> tkinter-2.5.1-25.fc9.x86_64 (fedora)
>> DEBUG:
>> []
>> Error: Missing Dependency: python = 2.5.1-25.fc9 is needed by package 
>> tkinter-2.5.1-25.fc9.x86_64 (fedora)
>>
>>
>>
>> I then try to install python by itself with "sudo yum install python" 
>> and I get the following:
>>
>> Package matching python-2.5.1-25.fc9.x86_64 already installed. Checking 
>> for update.
>> Nothing to do
>>
>>
>> So for whatever reason it appears as if tkinter is looking for the non 
>> x86_64 version.
>>
>> How do I get around this?
>>     
>
> Could you please show the result of some queries?
>
>   yum repolist
>   yum list tkinter python
>   rpm -q tkinter python
>
> And just to mention it, 2.5.1-26.fc9 (python+tkinter) is latest.
>   
$ sudo yum repolist
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, kmdl, priorities, refresh-packagekit
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * fedora: mirror.umoss.org
 * rpmfusion-free-updates: lordmorgul.net
 * rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: lordmorgul.net
 * rpmfusion-free: lordmorgul.net
 * updates-newkey: mirror.umoss.org
 * updates: mirror.umoss.org
 * rpmfusion-nonfree: lordmorgul.net
repo id              repo name                                status  
adobe-linux-i386     Adobe Systems Incorporated               enabled 
:      17
atrpms               Fedora 9 - x86_64 - ATrpms               enabled 
:     653
fedora               Fedora 9 - x86_64                        enabled :  
12,444
freshrpms            Fedora Core 9 - x86_64 - Freshrpms       enabled 
:     158
rpmfusion-free       RPM Fusion for Fedora 9 - Free           enabled 
:       0
rpmfusion-free-updat RPM Fusion for Fedora 9 - Free - Updates enabled 
:     534
rpmfusion-nonfree    RPM Fusion for Fedora 9 - Nonfree        enabled 
:       0
rpmfusion-nonfree-up RPM Fusion for Fedora 9 - Nonfree - Upda enabled 
:     222
updates              Fedora 9 - x86_64 - Updates              enabled 
:      14
updates-newkey       Fedora 9 - x86_64 - Updates Newkey       enabled 
:   6,230
repolist: 20,272
[jeff at wisdom tmp]$ sudo yum list tkinter pyton
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, kmdl, priorities, refresh-packagekit
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * fedora: mirror.umoss.org
 * rpmfusion-free-updates: lordmorgul.net
 * rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: lordmorgul.net
 * rpmfusion-free: lordmorgul.net
 * updates-newkey: mirror.umoss.org
 * updates: mirror.umoss.org
 * rpmfusion-nonfree: lordmorgul.net
4999 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
Available Packages
tkinter.x86_64                           2.5.1-25.fc9           
fedora          
[jeff at wisdom tmp]$ rpm -q tkinter python
package tkinter is not installed
python-2.5.1-26.fc9.x86_64
[jeff at wisdom tmp]$