Can't install YUM

[Jeff Lasman]

On Friday 11 February 2005 11:42 am, Karl Hudnut wrote:

> You know that
>    rpm -qf /path.../filename
> gives the rpm that provides a file?

Not if the package isn't installed:

<snip>
[root at eunlv01 RPMs]# rpm  -qf /usr/lib/libgmp.so.3.3.2
file /usr/lib/libgmp.so.3.3.2 is not owned by any package
</snip>

<frown>

> On a FC1 machine I typed:
>
> rpm -qf /usr/lib/libgmp.so.3.3.2
>
> That gives:
>
> gmp-4.1.2-9
>
> So that means you need gmp-4.1.2-9...rpm installed. You can get it
> from rpmfind:
>
> rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/ fedora/1/i386/gmp-4.1.2-9.i386.html

Thanks.

Jeff
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