On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, J. Greenlees wrote: > user name: *G3ck0G33k* > Mandrake User Board posted > no email addy available. > I suggested he contact the package maintainer to have specfile updated > to recognise newer version of libpng
Dependencies are deetermined automatically at build time, based on what the binaries link to, not based on what is in the spec file, so it means thatsodipodi was compiled against a different libpng than what the user has installed. > > > Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2002 12:25 am Post subject: Sodipodi - why is > > it no longer with us? [Reply with quote] > > <http://www.club-nihil.net/mub/posting.php?mode=quote&p=31037> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to install Sodipodi, but get the error message that > > libpng.so.2 is needed. I tried to softlink ("ln -s" ) to > > libpng.so.3.1.2.4 and force the rpm installation, but to no avail. > > rpm determines whether dependencies are satisfied or not based on what is in it's database, it doesn't look at the filesystem at all. > > Thanks for any suggestions what to do. > > > 1)Use urpmi: [root@bgmilne bgmilne]# urpmi sodipodi To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed (2 MB): libgdk-pixbuf-xlib2-0.18.0-3mdk.i586 sodipodi-0.24.1-2mdk.i586 Is this OK? (Y/n) y Please insert the medium named "Installation CD 2 (x86) (cdrom2)" on device [/dev/hdc] Press Enter when ready... installing /mnt/buchanhome/bgmilne/downloads/linux-mandrake/mandrake/9.0/contrib/RPMS/sodipodi-0.24.1-2mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libgdk-pixbuf-xlib2-0.18.0-3mdk.i586.rpm Preparing... ################################################## 1:libgdk-pixbuf-xlib2 ################################################## 2:sodipodi ################################################## 2)Only use RPMs compiled for the right distro. Please, this is *not* a support list, please take these questions elsewhere, or have them resolved at the mandrakeuserboard (if that's possible, which I am beginning to doubt). The expert list, or the alt.os.linux.mandrake newsgroup might be more appropriate. Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
