Yum problem -

[Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA]

On 08/02/14 12:30, Michael Schwendt wrote:
>> > This appears to be an exceptional case,
> It has always been like that.
>
>> > I've done this many times and
>> > yum has always provided the 64 bit file or at least a file that works.
> You likely confuse library package names with library file names
> and with library names. You've asked Yum for a library name:
>
>    [root at box10 bobg]# yum install libunique-1.0.so.0
>
> No x86_64 package will provide that in its RPM package metadata. And while
> the actual file name may end like that, in packages only the full path to
> a file matters, e.g. "yum install /usr/lib64/libunique-1.0.so.0" which will
> find the package based on the huge filelists metadata available in repositories.
> When you're unsure about the path, you may use wildcards (see further below).
>
> And it is different from asking Yum for a library package name,
>
>    yum install libsomething
>
> which would succeed, if such a package "libsomething" existed. For
> libunique, the package is named "unique" however.;)
>
>> > Is there some way to know this before simply doing yum install and
>> > seeing the result?
> Since it has always been like that, you either get accustomed to it,
> or you use wildcards and then specify the _package_ to install, e.g.
> "yum install unique" based on the results of this query. For the primary
> arch it is not necessary to run "yum install unique.x86_64".
>
>      # yum whatprovides libunique-1.0.so.0*
>      Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, langpacks, refresh-packagekit
>      unique-1.1.6-10.fc20.i686 : Single instance support for applications
>      Repo        : fedora
>      Matched from:
>      Provides    : libunique-1.0.so.0
>
>
>
> (!) unique-1.1.6-10.fc20.x86_64 : Single instance support for applications
>      Repo        : fedora
>      Matched from:
>      Provides    : libunique-1.0.so.0()(64bit)
>

Ok, my ignorance is obvious here. I know what to do now after reading 
your explanation.

I did obtain the package "unique" in solving the problem. Better would 
have been

  # yum install 'libunique-1.0.so.0()(64bit)'

I thank you,

Bob

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