yum and linked libs

[William Hooper]

david walcroft said:
> Does yum have problems with links (ln -s)

Nope.  Yum uses the RPM database, not the file system.

> updating mplayer from atrpms
> and this happens
> 
> Package mplayer needs libGL.so.1, this is not available.
> Package mplayer needs libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1, this is not available.
> 
> 
> So I ls -l on the libs

This won't do you any good because you haven't updated the RPM database.  You need to either install the packages to provide the correct files or (if you already have installed them) report a but to atrpms that their package doesn't work.

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William Hooper