Dependency issue when installing pidgin

[Michael Schwendt]

On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:12:32 +0800, FM (Frederic) wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I noticed pidgin needed testing. I have updates-testing installed.

You should still see the new pidgin, however. Have you given a
"yum clean metadata ; yum list pidgin libpurple" a try?

> When trying to install pidgin I get a dependency error preventing me to 
> install it though:
> Error: Package: pidgin-2.10.0-3.fc16.i686 (fedora)
>             Requires: libpurple(x86-32) = 2.10.0-3.fc16
>             Installed: libpurple-2.10.1-1.fc16.i686 (@updates-testing)
>                 libpurple(x86-32) = 2.10.1-1.fc16
>             Available: libpurple-2.10.0-3.fc16.i686 (fedora)
>                 libpurple(x86-32) = 2.10.0-3.fc16
> 
> Apparently libpurple is too new on updates-testing. Can someone tip me 
> to a way to resolve this issue? Thank you.

Resources you want to learn about:

 * The Fedora Updates System "bodhi"
   https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates

 * Search for "pidgin":
   https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/search/pidgin

The current test-update of "pidgin" is on its way to "stable" already.
The libpurple you've installed belongs to the same package set (it's built
from the same pidgin src.rpm even).

Meanwhile, the packages should still be available in the updates-testing
repo.