Linux X86 2.6, Oracle 9.2.0.4 and RPM Dependency Hell
- From: "Jared Still" <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Oracle-L Freelists" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:41:23 -0700
The subject line says it all.
To install 9204 on RHEL4, you must install patch 4198954.
This consists of 2 RPM files:
compat-libcwait-2.1-1.i386.rpm
compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-5.i386.rpm
Installing compat-libcwait-2.1-1.i386.rpm is no problem.
Installing compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-5.i386.rpm seems to be nearly impossible.
The dependency chain for this package is very long.
Though most of the required packages are installed, the versions may be
slightly different.
Here's an example.
[root@ 4198954]# rpm -ivh compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-5.i386.rpm error: Failed
dependencies:
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel is needed by
compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-5.i386
Suggested resolutions:
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.i386.rpm
[root@ 4198954]#
Now try installing the dependent lib:
[root@ RPMS]# rpm -ivh
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs = 6.8.2-1.EL.13.25 is needed by
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.i386
xorg-x11-devel = 6.8.2-1.EL.13.25 is needed by
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.i386
Suggested resolutions:
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.i386.rpm
[root@ RPMS]# rpm -ivh xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
fontconfig-devel >= 2.1 is needed by
xorg-x11-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.i386
xorg-x11-libs = 6.8.2-1.EL.13.25 is needed by
xorg-x11-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.i386
Suggested resolutions:
fontconfig-devel-2.2.3-7.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.i386.rpm
[root@ RPMS]# rpm -ivh fontconfig-devel-2.2.3-7.i386.rpm
xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
freetype-devel >= 2.1.4 is needed by fontconfig-devel-2.2.3-7.i386
Suggested resolutions:
freetype-devel-2.1.9-1.i386.rpm
[root@ RPMS]# rpm -ivh freetype-devel-2.1.9-1.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
freetype = 2.1.9-1 is needed by freetype-devel-2.1.9-1.i386
Suggested resolutions:
freetype-2.1.9-1.i386.rpm
[root@ RPMS]# rpm -ivh freetype-2.1.9-1.i386.rpm
Preparing... ###########################################
[100%]
package freetype-2.1.9-4.el4 (which is newer than freetype-2.1.9-1)
is already installed
file /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.3.7 from install of
freetype-2.1.9-1conflicts with file from package
freetype-2.1.9-4.el4
file /usr/lib/libttf.so.2.3.0 from install of
freetype-2.1.9-1conflicts with file from package
freetype-2.1.9-4.el4
As you can see, there's no resolving this manually.
Without these 2 small files...
jkstill@glamdring:~/zips> rpm -qpl -v compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-5.i386.rpm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 914 Feb 23 2005
/usr/bin/g++.tmp_1
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 914 Feb 23 2005
/usr/bin/gcc.tmp_1
... there's no way that the 9i link will succeed.
Using the GUI for RPM doesn't seem to work either.
system-config-packages --tree=<path to install directory>
The program will correctly read what is installed, but when an attempt
to update is made it cannot seem to find the RPMs.
Any ideas on how to solve this dependency mess?
--
Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
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