[Scottish] Failed RPM dependencies - what to do about 'em?

[Phil Deane]

On Friday 11 Jun 2004 00:09, TC wrote:
> I'm trying to get multisync (http://www.multisync.org/) and synce
> (http://synce.sourceforge.net/synce/) going, to connect my WinCE PDA to
> my linux box. As part of the messing-about I've tried to install the
> multisync-evolution plugin, but I'm getting the following errors from
> rpm:
>
> [root at localhost downloads]# rpm -Uvh multisync-evolution-0.82-2.i386.rpm
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         libgal-2.0.so.5 is needed by multisync-evolution-0.82-2
>         libgal-a11y-2.0.so.5 is needed by multisync-evolution-0.82-2
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1. Specifically, what do I do to fix those two problems?
>
> but, more important:
>
> 2. What is the best approach for someone who is relatively clueless when
> faced with a dependency failure?  In the past (and, indeed, about five
> minutes ago for this case), I've started by searching on Google for the
> culprits, ideally also in rpm form, and ended up in a maze of little
> passages, all alike, with lamps going out, and pirates jumping out to
> steal my patience. IMO, this dependency stuff is one of *the* biggest
> remaining usability problems that leaves linux behind windows for the
> clueless (like me - 'cept I'm stubborn and keep trying :-).

If you are using Mandrake, usr URPMI, it will sort the deps for you

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Phil Deane
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