Re: PackageKit has eaten my system (again!)

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:53:04 +0100
DB <Freddog_de(a)yahoo.co.uk&gt; wrote:

>  >
>  > Message: 9 Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:03:48 -0700 From: Kevin Fenzi 
>  > <kevin(a)scrye.com&gt; Subject: Re: PackageKit has eaten my system
>  > (again!) To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com Message-ID: 
>  > <20081221170348.42475e34(a)ohm.scrye.com&gt; Content-Type: text/plain; 
>  > charset="us-ascii" On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:13:46 +0000 Anne Wilson 
>  > <annew(a)kde.org&gt; wrote:
>  >> > On Sunday 21 December 2008 22:00:16 DB wrote:
>  >>     
>  >>> > >
>  >>> > > [Dave@localhost ~]$ rpm -qi pygpgme
>  >>> > > package pygpgme is not installed
>  >>> > > [Dave@localhost ~]$ rpm -qi python-iniparse
>  >>> > > package python-iniparse is not installed
>  >>> > > [Dave@localhost ~]$
>  >>> > >
>  >>> > > Is there a way to tell rpm to go off and search a specific
>  >>> > > repo?  
>  >>>       
>  >
>  > no. Rpm only acts on specific packages. 
>  >
>  >   
>  >> > If they are not installed 'yum install packagename' should pull
>  >> > them in - and you can list both packages in one command.
>  >>     
>  >
>  > Except that he is trying to install yum.  ;)  
>  >
>  >   
>  >>> > > I
>  >>> > > tried rpm --whatprovides yum but that evidently is not
>  >>> > > acceptable!  
>  >>>       
>  >> > 
>  >> > It's not apparent from the help file, but I think the command is
>  >> > 'rpm -q whatprovides ....' but I don't think that would have
>  >> > helped in this situation. I'd try
>  >> > 
>  >> > yum install pygpgme python-iniparse yum
>  >>     
>  >
>  > No yum installed there for him.  ;)  
>  >
>  > Dave: Try the following: 
>  >
>  > rpm -ivh
>  >
> http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/updates/9/i38...
>  >
> http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/9/Ev...
>
>  >
> http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/9/Ev...
>  >
>  > All on one big long line.  ;)  
>  > Not sure if there are further deps, but hopefully that will get yum
>  > installed for you. 
>  >
>  > kevin
>  
>  Thanks Kevin......
>  
>  In the order you listed the rpms, the yum failed needing pygpgme....
>  So I tried installing them t'other way around:
>  
>  [root@localhost ~]# rpm -ivh 
>
> http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/9/Ev...
>
>
> http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/9/Ev...
>
>
> http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/updates/9/i38...
>  Retrieving 
>
> http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/9/Ev...
>  Retrieving 
>
> http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/9/Ev...
>  Retrieving 
>
> http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/updates/9/i38...
>  error: Failed dependencies:
>      libgpgme.so.11 is needed by pygpgme-0.1-8.fc9.i386
>      libgpgme.so.11(GPGME_1.0) is needed by pygpgme-0.1-8.fc9.i386
>  [root@localhost ~]#
>  
>  Any idea where the so.11 files might be??  (or how with my limited 
>  knowledge of the remnants of my system, I should go about finding the 
>  deps??)) 
You also need: 

http://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/releases/9/Ev...

it sounds like. 

>  Thanks again
>  
>  Dave 
kevin