dnf and dependencies

[Patrick Dupre]

>
> On 09/21/15 07:08, Patrick Dupre wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am trying to install a package:
> > dnf install /home/pdupre/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/perl-Math-GSL-0.35-1.fc22.x86_64.rpm 
> > 
> > but I get:
> > 
> > Error: nothing provides perl(Chart::Clicker::Drawing) needed by perl-Math-GSL-0.35-1.fc22.x86_64
> > 
> > I cannot find any package:
> > perl(Chart::Clicker::Drawing
> > 
> > How, can I force the installation with dnf?
> 
> If it is a local package, why not install it with RPM.  It will complain
> about the same missing dependency, but you should be able to override it
> with --force (not that I would recommend that lightly, forcing any RPM
> to be installed against dependency problems is just opening another can
> of worms).  perl packages follow a specific naming convention in Fedora.
>  it is usually perl-package-subpackage-etc
> 
> There *is* a perl-Chart.noarch package.  Does it contain the
> dependencies you are looking for?
> 
> I don't see any perl-Math-GSL package in the Fedora repositories (that I
> use), not in F22, nor in F21.  That begs the question, where did your
> RPM come from?  and what does it need to reference the proper Fedora
> dependency properly....  I would complain to the package packager.  If
> it comes from a non-redhat .src.rpm, then possibly the spec files needs
> to be modified to work correctly with Fedora (and not just be blindly
> re-built).

perl-Chart.noarch does not seem containg what perl-Math-GSL needs!

You are probably right.
I need perl-Math-GSL (fc22)
I got the source from cpan and recompile if to get the rpm file.
and then it complain when I install it.


> > Thank
> > 
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