On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 22:08:56 -0400 (AST)
Marco Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> implied:

> 
> Trying to install Ethereal 0.9.18-12 on RH 7.2:
> 
> [root@redhat72 marco]# rpm -Uvh ethereal*
> error: failed dependencies:
>       libpcap.so.0   is needed by ethereal-0.8.18-12
> [root@redhat72 marco]# find / -name "libpcap.so.0" -print
> /usr/lib/libpcap.so.0
> [root@redhat72 marco]# rpm -qf /usr/lib/libpcap.so.0
> libpcap-0.6.2-9
> 
> No matter what I try, I can't get it to install.  I've tried a symlink
> from /lib/libpcap.so.0 to /usr/lib/libpcap.so.0 as a last resort. 
> strace doesn't offer much help either.
> 
> Any ideas?

rpm -Uvh ethereal* --nodeps

It should still work. I've run into this a number of times and rarely
have a failure. It's just that for some reason the requirements aren't
looked for in the right place.

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