On one computer, I was having some problems running yum upgrade. It would complain that a dependency wasn’t installed. However, I could rpm -q that dependency and it showed up fine. To fix this, simply uninstall the package that was the dependency and then run upgrade. That should cause the dependency to be automatically downloaded and installed.
[root@server rhn]# yum upgrade
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
Skipping security plugin, no data
Setting up Upgrade Process
Resolving Dependencies
Skipping security plugin, no data
--> Running transaction check
---> Package dmraid.i386 0:1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: dmraid-events for package: dmraid
---> Package fetchmail.i386 0:6.3.6-1.1.el5_3.1 set to be updated
---> Package firefox.i386 0:3.0.14-1.el5_4 set to be updated
---> Package net-snmp.i386 1:5.3.2.2-7.el5_4.2 set to be updated
---> Package net-snmp-libs.i386 1:5.3.2.2-7.el5_4.2 set to be updated
---> Package nspr.i386 0:4.7.5-1.el5_4 set to be updated
---> Package xulrunner.i386 0:1.9.0.14-1.el5_4 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
---> Package dmraid-events.i386 0:1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: sgpio for package: dmraid-events
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
dmraid-events-1.0.0.rc13-53.el5.i386 from rhel-i386-server-5 has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: sgpio is needed by package dmraid-events-1.0.0.rc13-53.el5.i386 (rhel-i386-server-5)
Error: Missing Dependency: sgpio is needed by package dmraid-events-1.0.0.rc13-53.el5.i386 (rhel-i386-server-5)
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
package-cleanup --dupes
rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
[root@server rhn]# rpm -e sgpio
[root@server rhn]# yum upgrade
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
Skipping security plugin, no data
Setting up Upgrade Process
Resolving Dependencies
Skipping security plugin, no data
--> Running transaction check
---> Package dmraid.i386 0:1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: dmraid-events for package: dmraid
---> Package fetchmail.i386 0:6.3.6-1.1.el5_3.1 set to be updated
---> Package firefox.i386 0:3.0.14-1.el5_4 set to be updated
---> Package net-snmp.i386 1:5.3.2.2-7.el5_4.2 set to be updated
---> Package net-snmp-libs.i386 1:5.3.2.2-7.el5_4.2 set to be updated
---> Package nspr.i386 0:4.7.5-1.el5_4 set to be updated
---> Package xulrunner.i386 0:1.9.0.14-1.el5_4 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
---> Package dmraid-events.i386 0:1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: sgpio for package: dmraid-events
--> Running transaction check
---> Package sgpio.i386 0:1.2.0_10-2.el5 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Updating:
dmraid i386 1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 rhel-i386-server-5 718 k
fetchmail i386 6.3.6-1.1.el5_3.1 rhel-i386-server-5 527 k
firefox i386 3.0.14-1.el5_4 rhel-i386-server-5 12 M
net-snmp i386 1:5.3.2.2-7.el5_4.2 rhel-i386-server-5 696 k
net-snmp-libs i386 1:5.3.2.2-7.el5_4.2 rhel-i386-server-5 1.3 M
nspr i386 4.7.5-1.el5_4 rhel-i386-server-5 119 k
xulrunner i386 1.9.0.14-1.el5_4 rhel-i386-server-5 10 M
Installing for dependencies:
dmraid-events i386 1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 rhel-i386-server-5 22 k
sgpio i386 1.2.0_10-2.el5 rhel-i386-server-5 11 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 2 Package(s)
Update 7 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total size: 25 M
Total download size: 25 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/6): nspr-4.7.5-1.el5_4.i386.rpm | 119 kB 00:00
(2/6): fetchmail-6.3.6-1.1.el5_3.1.i386.rpm | 527 kB 00:00
(3/6): net-snmp-5.3.2.2-7.el5_4.2.i386.rpm | 696 kB 00:00
(4/6): net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2-7.el5_4.2.i386.rpm | 1.3 MB 00:00
(5/6): xulrunner-1.9.0.14-1.el5_4.i386.rpm | 10 MB 00:01
(6/6): firefox-3.0.14-1.el5_4.i386.rpm | 12 MB 00:01
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Total 5.3 MB/s | 25 MB 00:04
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Updating : nspr 1/16
Updating : xulrunner 2/16
Updating : net-snmp-libs 3/16
Installing : sgpio 4/16
Updating : net-snmp 5/16
Updating : fetchmail 6/16
Updating : firefox 7/16
Updating : dmraid 8/16
Installing : dmraid-events 9/16
Cleanup : nspr 10/16
Cleanup : net-snmp-libs 11/16
Cleanup : firefox 12/16
Cleanup : net-snmp 13/16
Cleanup : xulrunner 14/16
Cleanup : fetchmail 15/16
Cleanup : dmraid 16/16
Dependency Installed:
dmraid-events.i386 0:1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 sgpio.i386 0:1.2.0_10-2.el5
Updated:
dmraid.i386 0:1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 fetchmail.i386 0:6.3.6-1.1.el5_3.1 firefox.i386 0:3.0.14-1.el5_4
net-snmp.i386 1:5.3.2.2-7.el5_4.2 net-snmp-libs.i386 1:5.3.2.2-7.el5_4.2 nspr.i386 0:4.7.5-1.el5_4
xulrunner.i386 0:1.9.0.14-1.el5_4
Complete!
[root@server rhn]#