On Dec 5, 2007 11:37 PM, Dominique Leuenberger wrote:

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On 12/5/2007 at 5:33 PM, Chris Arnold wrote: So, i got libpurple 2.3 from benjiweber search and tryied to install it and got dependency error : rpm -Uvh libpurple-2.3.0-3.1.i586.rpm error: Failed dependencies: libpurple = 2.2.1 is needed by (installed) pidgin-2.2.1-7.1.i586

This seems to be a dependency loop? How do i install pidgin 2.3 and libpurple 2.3?

Hi,

Not reakky a loop, as the second message means that the old pidgin depends on the old library. And you were to replace the old library and would thus have broken pidgin.

You can do:

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rpm -Uhv libpurple-2.3.0-3.1.i586.rpm pidgin-2.3.0-3.1.i586.rpm together on one line... they will be updated together.

Dominique

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Or you could use --force to replace each package independently if you are sure these two are the only packages involved. But ya, I always do what Dominque suggested. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Aaron Kulkis wrote:

There's no dependancy loop.

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Let's look at the messages above:

They say that pidgin-2.3.0-3.1.i586 needs libpurple2.3.0, and that libpurple2.2.1 is needed by pidgen-2.2.1-7.1.i586.

There's no loop there...the dependance is parallel:

pidgin-2.3.0-3.1.i586 needs libpurple2.3.0 pidgen-2.2.1-7.1.i586 needs libpurple2.2.1

If you get rid of pidgen-2.2.1-7.1..i586, then you don't need libpurple2.2.1 any more, do you. This has been solved a couple of days ago. Please read all email regarding the subject before responding -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org