Re: rpmbuild: compiles without error but does not install

[Ranjan Maitra]

On Mon, 3 Oct 2016 09:30:44 -0700 Rick Stevens  wrote:
> On 10/03/2016 06:38 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have had issues with batti for quite a while, and I came across battray as a replacement (and it works). So, I was trying to put it together as a rpm and perhaps and get it approved for Fedora.
> >
> > I have created the following spec file available here:
> >
> > https://paste.fedoraproject.org/442597/50173214
> >
> > It compiles without error. However, when I try to install the rpm using
> >
> > $sudo dnf install ../RPMS/noarch/battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch.rpm
> >
> > I get:
> >
> > Last metadata expiration check: 0:15:05 ago on Mon Oct  3 08:21:04 2016.
> > Error: nothing provides /bin/python3 needed by battray-2.2-1.fc24.noarch
> > (try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting packages)
> >
> > The addition of '--allowerasing' does not change anything other than to remove the suggestion.
> >
> > Any suggestions as to what is wrong with my spec file?
>
> It looks like you have an install dependency on /bin/python3 but it's
> not installed (check "ls /bin/python3"). That file is provided by the
> python3-3.5.1-17.fc24.x86_64 RPM (on my updated machine).

Rick,

Thanks! But I have a

Requires: python3

Is that not enough?

Besides, python3 and python3-devel is also installed and updated on my machine.

Ranjan
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