failed dependency

Tim Mooney Tim.Mooney at ndsu.edu
Mon May 23 17:52:35 UTC 2016


In regard to: failed dependency, Heyman, Jerrold said (at 5:42pm on May 23,...:

> [root at heymaj1-test build]# rpm -q --provides rpmA
> RPMA
> librpma.so
> rpmA = 1.0.0.1-000000
> rpmA(x86-64) = 1.0.0.1-000000
> [root at heymaj1-test build]# rpm -U --test rpmB.x86_64.rpm
> error: Failed dependencies:
>                librpma.so()(64bit) is needed by rpmB.x86_64

rpmB says it needs

 	librpma.so()(64bit)

rpmA does not say it provides that exact string of characters.  Instead
it provides something else,

 	librpma.so

> The library is installed correctly in /opt/emc/productname/lib
> Does that need to be /opt/emc/productname/lib64?

The directories aren't the problem.

What version of RPM is this, and on what distribution & version are
you testing?

Tim
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