Re: upgrading RPM query

On Wednesday 08 August 2001  6:49 pm, Ragnar Kjørstad wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 05:15:13PM +0100, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> > Hmmm,
> >
> > I downloaded the postgresql-7.1.2 rpms and tried to install them - I had
> > 20 lines of failed dependancies.  I downloaded the RPMS for those, and
> > ended up with  70+ lines of failed dependancies.
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions on where I should go next (excluding th
> > pub - I've already taken on that suggestion).
>
> My guess is that you get failed dependancies because the RPM is built
> against newer libraries. Libraries tend to depend on other libraries and
> so on, so you'll end up with replacing your whole system.
>
> The two easiest options are:
> 1. Upgrade to a newer distribution

Hmm, I'm on RH7.1 installed 5 days ago!

> 2. Get the SRPM and compile the RPM yourself - it will then be built
> against your libraries and should install without errors. (you will
> probably have to install some additional development packages to compile
> the RPM though).

At the risk of starting to stray OT for this list, how do you go about
installing SRPMS - I've never done anything like that before.

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