RPM installation error: failed dependencies
By Abigail Rogers •
I'm trying to install an application on a GNU/Linux OS with RPM, however it keeps saying me that it's dependencies are failed:
rpm -i sap-1.7.54-0.i686.rpm
error: Failed dependencies: libncurses.so.5 is needed by sap-1.7.54-0.i686That's rude as I have that libncurses.so.5:
bash-3.2# ls -lZ /usr/lib/libncurses*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root _ 19 Nov 3 10:15 /usr/lib/libncurses++.so.6 -> libncurses++.so.6.1
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root _ 71696 Oct 23 22:27 /usr/lib/libncurses++.so.6.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root _ 20 Nov 3 10:15 /usr/lib/libncurses++w.so.6 -> libncurses++w.so.6.1
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root _ 71696 Oct 23 22:27 /usr/lib/libncurses++w.so.6.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root _ 17 Mar 17 21:14 /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5 -> libncurses.so.5.9
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root _ 158528 Mar 17 21:12 /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5.9
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root _ 17 Nov 3 10:15 /usr/lib/libncurses.so.6 -> libncurses.so.6.1
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root _ 169780 Oct 23 22:27 /usr/lib/libncurses.so.6.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root _ 18 Mar 17 21:14 /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.5 -> libncursesw.so.5.9
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root _ 225240 Mar 17 21:12 /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.5.9
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root _ 18 Nov 3 10:15 /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.6 -> libncursesw.so.6.1
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root _ 247700 Oct 23 22:27 /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.6.1Alsoldconfig runs without any problems. What can I do?
1 Answer
rpm only knows about files that are installed by rpm packages. When you run:
rpm -qf /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5(translation: to which package does this file belong), rpm will probably tell you it doesn't belong to any package.
So you have two ways to go from here:
- make sure /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5 gets installed by an
rpmpackage to solve your dependency problem. - force
rpmto ignore the dependencies (rpm -i --nodeps sap-1.7.54-0.i686.rpm). I do not recommend this, because this breaks all dependencies, you will never get your system clean again... only do this as a last resort.
