[ale] rpm dependency...but the files right there, damn it...

[Joseph A Knapka]

IOW, RMP doesn't care if libdb.so.3 is actually present; it only
cares whether the RMP database shows the providing package
to be installed, yes?

-- Joe

James P. Kinney III wrote:
> do a 'rpm -q /usr/lib/libdb.so.3 --whatprovides' to find the package
> that it is from. It might not be an installed package, but a tarball
> compilation. If it shows up as being installed, run 'rpm -V package'. If
> that is OK, 'rpm --rebuilddb'.
> 
> You can also do a 'rpm -qpR filename.rpm' to find out what it requires
> for installation.
> 
> On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 19:04, John Wells wrote:
> 
>>When installing the etherape rpm, it kept complaining that it needed
>>libdb.so.3.  This lib is in /usr/lib, so I can't understand why it thinks
>>it's not there.  Anyway, I went ahead and installed using rpm --nodeps,
>>but now apt-rpm is complaining that it's an unmet dependency as well, even
>>though it's already installed.
>>
>>How should I go about fixing/researching what might be causing this?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>John
>>
>>
>>
>>
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