Submitted by cyrus on Thu, 07/30/2009 - 02:42 Pro Licensee
Updating from within Virtualmin, the latest python update fails due to a missing dependency.
Updated: bind.i386 30:9.3.4-10.P1.el5_3.3 bind-libs.i386 30:9.3.4-10.P1.el5_3.3 bind-utils.i386 30:9.3.4-10.P1.el5_3.3 caching-nameserver.i386 30:9.3.4-10.P1.el5_3.3
Complete!
.. install complete.
Now updating python ..
Installing package(s) with command yum -y install python ..
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Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
There are unfinished transactions remaining. You mightconsider running yum-complete-transaction first to finish them.
--> Running transaction check
---> Package python.i386 0:2.4.3-24.el5_3.6 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: /usr/lib/python2.4 for package: gamin-python
--> Processing Dependency: /usr/lib/python2.4 for package: libxml2-python
--> Processing Dependency: /usr/lib/python2.4 for package: libxslt-python
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.7.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: /usr/lib/python2.4 is needed by package libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.7.i386 (installed)
libxslt-python-1.1.17-2.el5_2.2.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: /usr/lib/python2.4 is needed by package libxslt-python-1.1.17-2.el5_2.2.i386 (installed)
gamin-python-0.1.7-8.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: /usr/lib/python2.4 is needed by package gamin-python-0.1.7-8.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: /usr/lib/python2.4 is needed by package libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.7.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: /usr/lib/python2.4 is needed by package gamin-python-0.1.7-8.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: /usr/lib/python2.4 is needed by package libxslt-python-1.1.17-2.el5_2.2.i386 (installed)
.. install failed!
Successfully installed 4 packages.Status:
Closed (fixed)
Comments
Submitted by JamieCameron on Thu, 07/30/2009 - 03:08 Comment #1
Which Linux distribution and version are you running there?
Also, do you have any custom YUM repositories defined?
Submitted by cyrus on Thu, 07/30/2009 - 03:12 Pro Licensee Comment #2
CentOS Linux 5.3 Webmin version 1.480 Virtualmin version 3.71 Pro Theme version 7.4 Kernel and CPU Linux 2.6.18-128.2.1.el5 on i686
No custom YUM repositories
Submitted by cyrus on Thu, 07/30/2009 - 03:17 Pro Licensee Comment #3
[root@host ~]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d[root@host yum.repos.d]# ls
CentOS-Base.repo CentOS-Media.repo virtualmin.repo
This isn't something we have any control over. None of these are Virtualmin-provided packages.
If you don't need those offending packages (gamin-python, libxml2-python, etc.), you might try removing them, and then updating Python. I don't know what else might depend on those packages, though. Nothing we do depends on them, but other parts of the system might.
Submitted by cyrus on Thu, 07/30/2009 - 04:34 Pro Licensee Comment #5
OK...
There were too many further dependencies involved that were set to be removed with 'yum remove gamin-python libxml2-python libxslt-python', so I said 'N' to that.
Subsequently though, did do a 'yum clean all' and ran 'yum update python.i386' and all went off well.
Sorry for the inconvenience. It's sorted now.
Thanks.
Submitted by cyrus on Thu, 07/30/2009 - 04:38 Pro Licensee Comment #6
Submitted by wjtech on Thu, 07/30/2009 - 09:25 Comment #7
Whenever I have a problem doing a yum update, I do a 'yum clean all'. It's amazing how many times that's all that is needed for a successful update. Remember, it will take a little longer to do the first update because the header cache must be repopulated.
John