[mythtv-users] [~OT] yum mythtv dependency problems?

[Matt Rude]

I had this same problem 2 days ago i fixed it by doing.
yum clean all
yum update


-matt


Quoting Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net>:

> On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 06:32:58PM -0500, Chris Ribe wrote:
>> I ran into this.  I searched the atrpms list archive and found a few
>> instances of this problem.  The reply from Axel, the maintainer of atrpms,
>> in all cases was along the lines of, "Go screw. I don't support yum.  Use
>> smart instead."
>
> Please don't misquote. The failure is not because I decided to not
> support yum, but because yum is simply broken.
>
> http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/show_bug.cgi?id=699
>
> Since smart and apt are working alternatives, use these. Yum is
> supported in the sense that metadata for it are built. But it is not
> the recommended depsolver and I won't go hunting yum bugs anymore.
>
>> Thankfully, "yum install smart" was enough to install smart (presumably
>> another package manager).  Unfortunately, I was never able to get smart to
>> install mythtv, either.
>
> smart update
> smart upgrade
>
>
>> Eventually, I got mythtv installed by doing something along the lines of
>> "yum install mythtv" and "yum install mythtv-frontend."  I think I threw a
>> "yum install libmyth-0.18.1.so.0" in there at some point, but I can't say if
>> it was necessary.
>>
>> On 1/12/06, Dan Adams <dan at ifactory.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > hey, when I try to do a yum update I get the following at the end:
>> >
>> > Error: Missing Dependency: libmyth-0.18.1.so.0 is needed by package
>> > mythbrowser
>> > Error: Missing Dependency: libmyth-0.18.1.so.0 is needed by package
>> > mythdvd
>> >
>> > mythlib is right at /usr/lib/libmyth-0.18.1.so.0. anyone else run into
>> > this? whats the deal?
>> >
>> >
>> > Dan Adams
>> > CS MS WPI '05
>> >
>> >
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