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Notice anything strange with the followijng attempt to install mesa-libGL-devel? [vbarry]# rpm -i mesa-libGL-devel-6.5.1-7.8.el5.x86_64.rpm error: Failed dependencies: libX11-devel is needed by mesa-libGL-devel-6.5.1-7.8.el5.x86_64 mesa-libGL = 6.5.1-7.8.el5 is needed by mesa-libGL-devel-6.5.1-7.8.el5.x86_64 [vbarry]# ...
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    Dependency Problem

    Notice anything strange with the followijng attempt to install mesa-libGL-devel?


    [vbarry]# rpm -i mesa-libGL-devel-6.5.1-7.8.el5.x86_64.rpm
    error: Failed dependencies:
    libX11-devel is needed by mesa-libGL-devel-6.5.1-7.8.el5.x86_64
    mesa-libGL = 6.5.1-7.8.el5 is needed by mesa-libGL-devel-6.5.1-7.8.el5.x86_64

    [vbarry]# rpm -i libX11-devel-1.0.3-11.el5.x86_64.rpm
    error: Failed dependencies:
    libXau-devel is needed by libX11-devel-1.0.3-11.el5.x86_64
    libXdmcp-devel is needed by libX11-devel-1.0.3-11.el5.x86_64
    xorg-x11-proto-devel >= 7.1-2 is needed by libX11-devel-1.0.3-11.el5.x86_64

    [vbarry]# rpm -i xorg-x11-proto-devel-7.1-13.el5.x86_64. rpm
    error: Failed dependencies:
    mesa-libGL-devel is needed by xorg-x11-proto-devel-7.1-13.el5.x86_64
    [vbarry]#

    Look like I've created a circle as the last rpm depends on the first?

    Note that for the second rpm, Xau and Xdmcp are loaded:

    [vbarry]# rpm -qa | grep libXau
    libXau-1.0.1-3.1
    libXau-1.0.1-3.1
    [vbarry]# rpm -qa | grep libXdmcp
    libXdmcp-1.0.1-2.1
    libXdmcp-1.0.1-2.1

    This is all new to me so be kind....

    Thanks,

    Ray

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    Smile

    try to install using yum like
    Code:
    yum install mesa-libGL-devel-
    read this
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    http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/FAQ.php#B2

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