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Posted by "Chris Boget" on 09/28/05 00:42
> So I'm trying to install PHP with XML support. During configuration, I
> get
> an error saying I need a newer version of libxml2. So I download
> libxml2-2.6.22-1.i386.rpm and try to upgrade. No go as I get failed
> dependancies. I then also download libxml2-devel-2.6.22-1.i386.rpm and
> libxml2-python-2.6.22-1.i386.rpm to try to solve those dependencies.
> Nope,
> still no go. I'm told that I need a newer version of libc. Specifically,
> libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4) is needed.
>
> So I then download the newest version, glibc-2.3.90-12.i386.rpm. I also
> download glibc-common-2.3.90-12.i386.rpm, glibc-devel-2.3.90-12.i386.rpm
> and
> glibc-headers-2.3.90-12.i386.rpm. I try to upgrade all of those packages
> hoping to finally get the ball rolling but no, still no go. In attempting
> to upgrade glibc, I'm given the following error:
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> error: Failed dependencies:
> shadow-utils < 2:4.0.3-20 conflicts with glibc-2.3.90-12
> nscd < 2.3.3-52 conflicts with glibc-2.3.90-12
> binutils < 2.15.94.0.2-1 conflicts with glibc-devel-2.3.90-12
> tzdata >= 2003a is needed by glibc-common-2.3.90-12
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> I'm not sure what the conflict errors indicate. Do I need to uninstall
> those packages? Because I don't quite understand those errors, I focus on
> the problem I do understand. So I need to upgrade tzdata. Fine. I
> download tzdata-2005m-2.noarch.rpm and try to upgrade it hoping finally
> I'll
> be able to get some work done and install PHP. As a huge slap in the
> face,
> I'm given the error
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> error: Failed dependencies:
> glibc-common <= 2.3.2-63 conflicts with tzdata-2005m-2
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> No kidding! Really? </sar> So I can't install glibc-common without
> tzdata
> and I can't install tzdata without glibc-common. What a very frustrating
> and vicious circle I am in. And all I wanted to do was install PHP with
> xml
> support.
>
> *sigh*
>
> So the next step I too was to run Redhat's up2date utility. It updated
> all of
> my installed packages, which included the packages I had been trying to
> install manually. The entire process took a while but went without a
> hitch.
>
> When it was finished, I ran up2date again to make sure there were no other
> outstanding packages I needed to update and saw that there were none. So
> I use rpm to query the currently installed libxml2 package and it's still
> reporting
> the old package - 2.5.4. It's also reporting the old glibc package as
> well.
> Huh? So what happened during the up2date process? Where were all the
> updated rpm packages installed, including the new glibc and libxml2?
>
> I'm running a freshly installed Redhat 9, kernel version 2.4.20. Well, at
> least
> that's what rpm is reporting though I know the up2date utility
> (supposedly)
> updated my kernel as well.
>
> Has anyone else had problems similar to this? If so, how did you end up
> resolving those problems? Alternately, if anyone has an idea on what I
> can
> do next, it would be most appreciative. My limited experience with Linux
> in general and RedHat in particular has me at the end of my rope.
I'm a retard for not specifying that I'm trying to install PHP 5.05.
thnx,
Chris
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