Thomas Ribbrock wrote:
>
> On Sat, Nov 11, 2000 at 06:41:50PM +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> > I'm running RedHat6.1. and I am rather new to
> > GNU/LINUX.
> >
> > I tried to update my current lynx-version by trying
> > to install lynx-2.8.4-5.i386.rpm:
> > This is what the machine says:
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > # rpm -Uvh /home/user/lynx-2.8.4-5.i386.rpm
> > error: failed dependencies:
> > libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3) is needed by lynx-2.8.4-5
>
> Just to give another angle as well: In cases like this I usually get the
> SRPM instead of the RPM and rebuild that. In most cases the resulting,
> new RPM will install without problem, as it will have been compiled
> against the existing libraries.
>
> [ ... ]
Isn't this (nearly?) the same as
rpm -Fvh [filename]
??
... just a question, because until now I do not know how to handle
an SRPM ... sorry, I'm new to GNU/LINUX ...
Regards --
Wolfgang
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