Packages for RedHat 4.2, Debian 1.3
Goran Brostrom <gb@stat.umu.se> writes:
I tried it on my newly installed RH 4.2 system (as root):
# rpm -i r-base-.....rpm
failed dependencies:
/usr/bin/perl is needed by r-....
/bin/sh is needed by r-....
/bin/sh is needed by r-...
I have those guys, and I was running sh. I guess that I don't know enough
about RedHat and rpms (I know nothing...). What is the correct way to=20
do the installation?
G|ran Brostr|m
Statistics Department
Umea University, Umea, Sweden
You may be able to install it with rpm -i --nodeps r-base-....rpm My problem in making these packages is that I generate them under Debian GNU/Linux as .deb packages then use an automatic transformation program to create the RedHat Linux .rpm packages. Since I don't use rpm for installation myself it is difficult for me to test them. I know what the Debian package installer does when it checks dependencies but I don't know where rpm looks to satisfy dependencies. Maybe we can try a bit more with installation of the RedHat packages and if people are still encountering problems like this then we'll punt and ask others to build the .rpm packages on RedHat systems. The reason I wanted to keep the Debian and RedHat packages in sync was that it makes the organization of the directories, etc. consistent so it is easier to track down bugs. Also, I had hoped it would avoid some duplication of effort. That may not be the case.
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