Unable to install RPMs in Oracle Linux 6

[SundarMurugesh]

I am newbie to Linux.. I am trying to install required RPMs for Oracle. It fails with following. Please help me!!

rpm -Uvh openmotif21-2.1.30-11.el6.i686.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libICE.so.6 is needed by openmotif21-2.1.30-11.EL6.i686
libSM.so.6 is needed by openmotif21-2.1.30-11.EL6.i686
libX11.so.6 is needed by openmotif21-2.1.30-11.EL6.i686
libXext.so.6 is needed by openmotif21-2.1.30-11.EL6.i686
libXp.so.6 is needed by openmotif21-2.1.30-11.EL6.i686
libXt.so.6 is needed by openmotif21-2.1.30-11.EL6.i686
libc.so.6 is needed by openmotif21-2.1.30-11.EL6.i686
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by openmotif21-2.1.30-11.EL6.i686
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by openmotif21-2.1.30-11.EL6.i686
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3) is needed by openmotif21-2.1.30-11.EL6.i686
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2) is needed by openmotif21-2.1.30-11.EL6.i686
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3) is needed by openmotif21-2.1.30-11.EL6.i686
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4) is needed by openmotif21-2.1.30-11.EL6.i686


Thanks in advance

S. Sundar

[Irithori]

hi and welcome.

Although oracle linux and redhat enterprise linux are related, I have some doubts that you can install just any el6 rpm.

In your case, openmotif needs some dependend packages.
rpm will not resolve those.
Try to install openmotif by using yum and the oracle linux standard repositories.

yum install openmotif21

[manyrootsofallevil]

hi and welcome.

Although oracle linux and redhat enterprise linux are related, I have some doubts that you can install just any el6 rpm.

In your case, openmotif needs some dependend packages.
rpm will not resolve those.
Try to install openmotif by using yum and the oracle linux standard repositories.

yum install openmotif21

IIRC, Oracle do the same as CentOS and repackage RHEL 6. I think they have their ridiculously named unbreakable kernel but the rest is pretty much the same.

[Irithori]

True, to an extent.
Centos, Scientific Linux and Oracle Linux are clones of Red Hat and binary compatible.

However, there are subtle differences in rpm handling:
Some packages are missing, others are additonal, some packages have slightly different files (redhat logos, etc), ..

So you might get away with cross-installing rpms between these three distributions, but I definitely wouldnt recommend doing so.

[mizzle]

Hello,

Since you're installing from RPM and not a repository, you need to resolve those dependencies yourself.
So, before you attempt to install your RPM, do the following (if you're connected to the internet)

yum provides <dependency>
ie:
yum provides libc.so.6\(GLIBC_2.2\)
\ is the escape character, so your shell won't interpret ( and ) as operators, and instead interpret them as characters.

Most of those dependencies will be resolved by a few packages.
After you run that command, you'll get an output like this:

 glibc-2.....<big long number here> : The GNU libc librariers
Repo :  installed (or uninstalled, in your case)
Matched from:
Other : Provides-match: etc, etc 
  

So, that first line "glibc-2..." is the package you need to install. The easiest way would be
yum install glibc

Do that for all of your dependencies, then retry the RPM.

[daark.child]

Your best bet is to use YUM rather than rpm on its own e.g.

yum localinstall openmotif21-2.1.30-11.el6.i686.rpm

or

yum install openmotif21

[Mudgen]

True, to an extent.
Centos, Scientific Linux and Oracle Linux are clones of Red Hat and binary compatible.

However, there are subtle differences in rpm handling:
Some packages are missing, others are additonal, some packages have slightly different files (redhat logos, etc), ..

So you might get away with cross-installing rpms between these three distributions, but I definitely wouldnt recommend doing so.

Advice to use yum is spot on, BUT....
Oracle Unbreakable Linux is becoming more and more of a separate branch as time goes along. Along with the different kernels, there are also the Oracle-specific packages like ASM, which are bundled into the ULN channels along with dependencies, but must be downloaded and manually installed on the other variants.

I support Centos, RHEL, and Oracle Linux in production environments. I wouldn't want to support any of them without access to the yum repos for each (free for Centos, $ for RHEL and Oracle EL). My guess is that OP does not have a support agreement with Oracle, and thus can't use yum for updates.

[SundarMurugesh]

Thanks for the reply.

As I had mentioned, I am newbie to Linux.. I have a basic doubt..The missing libraries are available in PATH. For example,

# which libICE.so.6
/usr/lib64/libICE.so.6

Still why it is reported as "Failed dependencies"?

S. Sundar

[SundarMurugesh]

Hello,

Since you're installing from RPM and not a repository, you need to resolve those dependencies yourself.
So, before you attempt to install your RPM, do the following (if you're connected to the internet)

yum provides <dependency>
ie:
yum provides libc.so.6\(GLIBC_2.2\)
\ is the escape character, so your shell won't interpret ( and ) as operators, and instead interpret them as characters.

Most of those dependencies will be resolved by a few packages.
After you run that command, you'll get an output like this:

 glibc-2.....<big long number here> : The GNU libc librariers
Repo :  installed (or uninstalled, in your case)
Matched from:
Other : Provides-match: etc, etc 
  

So, that first line "glibc-2..." is the package you need to install. The easiest way would be
yum install glibc

Do that for all of your dependencies, then retry the RPM.

[root@r12lapps Packages]# yum provides "*/libSM.so.6"
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
libSM-1.1.0-7.1.el6.x86_64 : X.Org X11 SM runtime library
Repo : installed
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libSM.so.6



[root@r12lapps Packages]# yum provides "*/libX11.so.6"
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
libX11-1.3-2.el6.x86_64 : Core X11 protocol client library
Repo : installed
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6



[root@r12lapps Packages]# yum provides "*/libXext.so.6"
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
libXext-1.1-3.el6.x86_64 : X.Org X11 libXext runtime library
Repo : installed
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6



[root@r12lapps Packages]# yum provides "*/libXp.so.6"
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
No Matches found
[root@r12lapps Packages]# yum provides "*/libXt.so.6"
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
libXt-1.0.7-1.el6.x86_64 : X.Org X11 libXt runtime library
Repo : installed
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/lib64/libXt.so.6


Only libXp.so.6 failed.. But still RPM fails with same error..

[vich00ss]

Dude pls tell us whats the output of the following command?????



#yum install openmotif21