[SOLVED] yum install xorg-x11-server-sdk libXi-devel problem

[pidiclovek]

Hi there,

I really do need those packages to install my wacom on RHEL. I was successful with them on CentOs, not here. Yum says:

No package xorg-x11-server-sdk available.
No package libXi-devel available.

I have tried to download them manually, but there were dependencies failures which I was unable to solve. My RHEL is fully updated, registered.

Can you please advise me what should I do?
Tkanks, Pidiclovek

[devils casper]

Which version of RHEL are you using? It is available in RHEL 5 Desktop and Server.

[pidiclovek]

Hi, thanks for reply, I am using RHEL 5.5 currently. I am using this official repository (Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v.5 for 64-bit x86_64)), but yum still says that there is no package available.

[devils casper]

Post the output of this

su -
yum repolist

[pidiclovek]

That's just it:

[root@localhost ~]# yum repolist
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
repo id repo name status
rhel-x86_64-client-5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 for 6 enabled: 7,204
repolist: 7,204

it's a fresh new install....

[devils casper]

Only one repository has been enabled.
Post the output of this

ls /etc/yum.repos.d

[pidiclovek]

[root@localhost ~]# ls /etc/yum.repos.d
atomic.repo mirrors-rpmforge rhel-debuginfo.repo rpmforge.repo


( I have installed rpmforge and atomic later. ) But hmmm! I see the problem now. In GUI "Add/Remove Software" is a list of repositories and Desktop is checked, but there is no file for it. How so? It should be by the default when my system is registered, right?

[devils casper]

Check the contents of atomic.repo and rpmforge.repo files.
Both repositories should be enabled.

enabled=1

In case it doesn't work, post the contents of both files here.

[pidiclovek]

Those are enabled and there is no problem with them. but RHEL Desktop does not. I can see it in Repository Manager GUI checked, but when I try to edit it, there is an exception:

Component: pirut
Summary: TB6761ebd5 posixpath.py:378:normpath:AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'startswith'

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pirut/RepoSelector.py", line 306, in _edit
path = os.path.normpath(r.repofile)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/posixpath.py", line 378, in normpath
initial_slashes = path.startswith('/')
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'startswith'

Local variables in innermost frame:
path: None

is this normal??? It is absolutely fresh install! Only thing installed were nvidia drivers

[pidiclovek]

In case, somebody will look for the same solution, there it is

I have contacted Red Hat support and got an answer:

Packet xorg-x11-server-sdk is available from flowing channels:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 for 64-bit x86_64)
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 for 64-bit x86_64)

Packet libXi-devel is available from flowing channels:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 for 64-bit x86_64)
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 for 64-bit x86_64)
RHEL Extended Update Support (v. 5.4.z for 64-bit x86_64)

So you need to be subscribed to some of these channels in order to get packet you need. Hope this help someone

Cheers, Pidiclovek