Getting Error: Missing Dependency: php-common, when trying to install php-soap

[amish123]

Hello,

I want to install php-soap on centos 5.2 server.
When i run the command, yum install php-soap, i get the error:

php-soap-5.1.6-24.el5_4.5.i386 from updates has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: php-common = 5.1.6-24.el5_4.5 is needed by package php-soap-5.1.6-24.el5_4.5.i386 (updates)
Error: Missing Dependency: php-common = 5.1.6-24.el5_4.5 is needed by package php-soap-5.1.6-24.el5_4.5.i386 (updates)
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
package-cleanup --dupes
rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

The php common file is not actually missing, its there with the exact name. The problem seems to be that the php-common file is installed from some other repository, thats y it is creating dependency problem.

The only solution i found is to remove the current php-common file and install it again, but then lot of programs get uninstalled with it, which is y am afraid of doing that, since its a vps, and some 10 sites are working on that.


Any help is appreciated. Thanks a lot.

[DieterGribnitz]

I had a similar problem.

First off, I am new to linux.
Use this method at your own risk.

That being said, here is what i did to fix it:

Logged in as root.
Downloaded the php53-soap-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm package from:
mirror.centos.org/centos/5.6/updates/x86_64/RPMS/
Moved package to / in filesystem
Installed via:
rpm -Uvh --nodeps php53-soap-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm

That is it.
I restarted Apache and everything seems to be working now.

Hope this helps someone.
Regards,
Dieter