Dependency issue when installing pidgin

[Frederic Muller]

On 01/04/2012 09:13 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> 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.

Thank you for the pointers. Cleaning the metadata didn't do the trick 
and the list command gives me this:
Installed Packages
libpurple.i686                  2.10.1-1.fc16 
@updates-testing
Available Packages
pidgin.i686                     2.10.0-3.fc16                   fedora

I'll read the links and confirm whether I managed to install pidgin or 
not right after.

Thank you.

Fred