Re: Linux X86 2.6, Oracle 9.2.0.4 and RPM Dependency Hell

On 8/11/06, Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The subject line says it all.
>
> To install 9204 on RHEL4, you must install patch 4198954.
>
> This consists of 2 RPM files:
> compat-libcwait-2.1-1.i386.rpm
> compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-5.i386.rpm
>
> Installing compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-5.i386.rpm seems to be nearly
> impossible.
>
> The dependency chain for this package is very long.
>

The solution to this was simple: up2date xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel

I think the key to this is "Don't try new things on Friday afternoon".

Thanks for all the suggestions. This episode will get documented in my notes,
hopefully never to be repeated. :)

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Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist

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