yum problem after bad shutdown

[Timothy Murphy]

Stefano Cavallari wrote:

>> I've been unable to "yum update" my Fedora-7 laptop for a couple of days,
>> because I apparently need a recent "kdebase3",
>> which I cannot locate.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>> [tim at elizabeth ~]$ sudo
>> yum --exclude=kdeartwork,kdebase-devel,kdebindings,kdeaddons update
>> ...
>> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>> Error: Missing Dependency: kdebase3 >= 3.5.8 is needed by package
>> kdebindings
>> Error: Missing Dependency: kdebase3 >= 3.5.8 is needed by package
>> kdeaddons Error: Missing Dependency: kdebase-libs = 6:3.5.8-3.fc7 is
>> needed by package kdebase-devel
>> Error: Missing Dependency: kdebase3 >= 3.5.8 is needed by package
>> kdeartwork [tim at elizabeth ~]$ sudo
>> yum --exclude=kdeartwork,kdebase-devel,kdebindings,kdeaddons update
>> ----------------------------------------
>>
>> What happened was that my laptop ran out of battery
>> in the middle of a yum update,
>> and I assume that that was the cause of the trouble.
...
> try
> yum install yum-utils
> package-cleanup --cleandupes

I'm afraid this made things worse:
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Error: Missing Dependency: libkonq.so.4 is needed by package kdebase-devel
Error: Missing Dependency: kdebase3 >= 3.5.8 is needed by package
kdebindings
Error: Missing Dependency: libkonq.so.4 is needed by package kdeaddons
Error: Missing Dependency: libkdecorations.so.1 is needed by package
kdebase-devel
Error: Missing Dependency: libkonqsidebarplugin.so.1 is needed by package
kdebase-devel
Error: Missing Dependency: libkateinterfaces.so.0 is needed by package
kdeaddons
Error: Missing Dependency: libkhotkeys_shared.so.1 is needed by package
kdebase-devel
Error: Missing Dependency: libkateutils.so.0 is needed by package
kdebase-devel
Error: Missing Dependency: libkateinterfaces.so.0 is needed by package
kdebase-devel
Error: Missing Dependency: libkonqsidebarplugin.so.1 is needed by package
kdeaddons
Error: Missing Dependency: kdebase-libs = 6:3.5.8-3.fc7 is needed by package
kdebase-devel
Error: Missing Dependency: libkfontinst.so.0 is needed by package
kdebase-devel
Error: Missing Dependency: kdebase3 >= 3.5.8 is needed by package kdeartwork
Error: Missing Dependency: libksgrd.so.1 is needed by package kdebase-devel
Error: Missing Dependency: libtaskbar.so.1 is needed by package
kdebase-devel
Error: Missing Dependency: libksplashthemes.so.0 is needed by package
kdebase-devel
Error: Missing Dependency: kdebase3 >= 3.5.8 is needed by package kdeaddons
Error: Missing Dependency: libkickermain.so.1 is needed by package
kdebase-devel
Error: Missing Dependency: libkdecorations.so.1 is needed by package
kdeartwork
Error: Missing Dependency: libkasbar.so.1 is needed by package kdebase-devel
Error: Missing Dependency: libtaskmanager.so.1 is needed by package
kdebase-devel
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