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contrib rpm

From
"Suresh Krishna"
Date:
root@mymachine [~/rpm/pgsql/pgdg] # ls postgresql-contrib-7.3.2-1PGDG.i386.rpm
postgresql-contrib-7.3.2-1PGDG.i386.rpm

root@mymachine [~/rpm/pgsql/pgdg] # rpm -aq | grep postgresql
postgresql-libs-7.3.2-1PGDG
postgresql-devel-7.3.2-1PGDG
postgresql-test-7.3.2-1PGDG
postgresql-7.3.2-1PGDG
postgresql-pl-7.3.2-1PGDG
postgresql-docs-7.3.2-1PGDG
postgresql-tcl-7.3.2-1PGDG
postgresql-server-7.3.2-1PGDG
postgresql-jdbc-7.3.2-1PGDG

root@mymachine [~/rpm/pgsql/pgdg] # rpm -ivh postgresql-contrib-7.3.2-1PGDG.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        perl(Pg) is needed by postgresql-contrib-7.3.2-1PGDG

What am I missing?

Suresh Krishna

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Re: contrib rpm

From
Richard Huxton
Date:
On Thursday 15 May 2003 9:10 pm, Suresh Krishna wrote:
> root@mymachine [~/rpm/pgsql/pgdg] # ls
> postgresql-contrib-7.3.2-1PGDG.i386.rpm
> postgresql-contrib-7.3.2-1PGDG.i386.rpm
>
> root@mymachine [~/rpm/pgsql/pgdg] # rpm -aq | grep postgresql
[list of rpms]

> root@mymachine [~/rpm/pgsql/pgdg] # rpm -ivh
> postgresql-contrib-7.3.2-1PGDG.i386.rpm error: Failed dependencies:
>         perl(Pg) is needed by postgresql-contrib-7.3.2-1PGDG
>
> What am I missing?

Can't be sure, I've not used the contrib stuff from an rpm install. However,
there is a Perl Pg.pm module that might be used by something in contrib.
Should be available from CPAN, but I thought it was deprecated in favour of
DBI/DBD:Pg
--
  Richard Huxton

Re: contrib rpm

From
Lamar Owen
Date:
On Thursday 15 May 2003 16:10, Suresh Krishna wrote:
> root@mymachine [~/rpm/pgsql/pgdg] # rpm -ivh
> postgresql-contrib-7.3.2-1PGDG.i386.rpm error: Failed dependencies:
>         perl(Pg) is needed by postgresql-contrib-7.3.2-1PGDG
>
> What am I missing?

Add a --nodeps.

This is a kludge, and I know it's a kludge.
--
Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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