where to install Perl-Modusles for wdg-html-validator
BlueHat
bluehat at gmx.at
Fri Apr 2 16:05:43 UTC 2004
Am Fre, den 02.04.2004 schrieb Dave Cross um 16:30:
> On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 04:11:05PM +0200, BlueHat wrote:
> > Am Fre, den 02.04.2004 schrieb Dave Cross um 13:48:
> > > On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 01:19:49PM +0200, BlueHat wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I've done this (as 'root'), but it does'nt work. By the next try to
> > > > install wdg it's the same, rpm requires those modules.
> > >
> > > Then you can either force the rpm installation (it should work as the
> > > modules _have_ been installed, or you can track down and install rpm
> > > versions of the modules.
>
> > Thanks, this works! Could you explain why?
>
> Not sure what you mean by "this" as I don't know which of the two
> options that I suggested you used. But here's an explaination of
> what has happened.
>
> You wanted to install an rpm of some software and that rpm has some
> dependencies which are given in terms of rpms.
>
> Now the actual software doesn't care whether the Perl modules it needs
> are installed as rpms or directly from CPAN. It just needs the modules
> to be installed.
>
> So if you install the modules from CPAN, the rpm database isn't updated
> and if you try to install the original rpm bundle, then it will still
> complain as rpm doesn't think that the modules are installed. However,
> you know that the modules _have_ been installed so you can safely
> force rpm to ignore the dependencies.
>
> But if you find rpm versions of the Perl modules and install those
> instead, then the installation will be registered in the rpm database
> and you won't get any warnings when installing your software.
>
> Does that help?
>
> Dave...
>
> --
> New .sigs
> Running in please parse
I've used rpm's I found on the web and installed them, sorry to tell you
this.
Thanks a lot your answer helps to understand whats happend.
Andreas
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