Failed dependencies when installing RPMForge
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Got this error today whilst trying to install an RPMForge package, collectd:
error: Failed dependencies:
rpmlib(FileDigests) <= 4.6.0-1 is needed by rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686
rpmlib(PayloadIsXz) <= 5.2-1 is needed by rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686
Googled about it for awhile, nothing forthcoming. Now, if you rpm -qa | grep rpmlib no results will return. The actual package name is rpm-lib.
So after awhile I noticed that the versions stated above were higher than the one I had installed, and I’d just done a yum upgrade.
So those error messages/web page titles actually mean something:
RPMforge for (upcoming) CentOS 6
I was, of course on CentOS 5, and trying (in vain) to install on CentOS 6. The correct URLs are: