Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
If I try to do a yum install libmeanwhile I get a "Nothing to do" response from yum. but locate does not find any references to libmeanwhile.
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If I try to do a yum -y install I get : Error: Missing Dependency: libmeanwhile.so.1 is needed by package libpurple
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This causes me to think that their may be a dependency problem in the repositories for x86_64 operating systems.
yes, this is mostly the fallout from bad packaging at redhat's end. what you need to do is perhaps a 'yum clean all; yum --obsoletes update' that should find pidgin and its dep chain.
- KB