Yum problem -

[Michael Schwendt]

On Sat, 08 Feb 2014 04:30:10 -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:

> 
> I find Notecase Pro indispensable and it is one of the first things I 
> install when setting up a new Fedora Linux system. I just installed 
> Fedora-20 and Centos-6.5 on another computer and in both cases the rpm 
> [notecase_pro-3.8.7-1.fc20.x86_64.rpm] would not run due to dependency 
> problems. Yum install insists on providing the i686 version which is not 
> appropriate for the 64 bit computer and 64 bit Notecase Pro. I had to 
> Google for and install the right one in both Fedora and Centos.
> 
> [root at box10 bobg]# yum install libunique-1.0.so.0
> Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package unique.i686 0:1.1.6-10.fc20 will be installed
> --> Processing Dependency: libdbus-glib-1.so.2 for package: 
> unique-1.1.6-10.fc20.i686
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package dbus-glib.i686 0:0.100.2-2.fc20 will be installed
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> 
> Dependencies Resolved
> 
> ==============================================================================================================================================
>   Package                           Arch Version 
> Repository                      Size
> ==============================================================================================================================================
> Installing:
>   unique                            i686 1.1.6-10.fc20 
> fedora                          54 k
> Installing for dependencies:
>   dbus-glib                         i686 0.100.2-2.fc20 
> fedora                         104 k
> 
> Transaction Summary
> ==============================================================================================================================================
> Install  1 Package (+1 Dependent package)
> 
> Total download size: 159 k
> Installed size: 437 k
> Is this ok [y/d/N]: n
> 
> 
> Am I missing something?

Yes. Why do you install an i686 library package manually like that?
If you want the x86_64 lib, you need to specify it correctly.

Why don't you use "yum localinstall …" when installing the notecase
package, which would let Yum resolve the dependencies for you?