[CentOS] how to install rrdtool, if it keeps failing?

Sun Aug 30 13:48:27 UTC 2009
Rudi Ahlers <rudiahlers at gmail.com>

On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Christoph Maser<cmr at financial.com> wrote:
> Am Samstag, den 29.08.2009, 14:10 +0200 schrieb Rudi Ahlers:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm trying to install rrdtool on CentOS 5.3 x64, but it keeps failing
>> with dependency problems:
>
> You need ruby from centos base/updates. Works for me without problems.
> Also you don't need the * "yum install rrdtool" does what it should.
>
>
>
>
> yum install rrdtool
> Loaded plugins: priorities
> 349 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
> Setting up Install Process
> Parsing package install arguments
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package rrdtool.x86_64 0:1.3.8-2.el5.rf set to be updated
> --> Processing Dependency: ruby for package: rrdtool
> --> Processing Dependency: perl(RRDs) for package: rrdtool
> --> Processing Dependency: perl(RRDp) for package: rrdtool
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package ruby.x86_64 0:1.8.5-5.el5_3.7 set to be updated
> ---> Package perl-rrdtool.x86_64 0:1.3.8-2.el5.rf set to be updated
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>
> Dependencies Resolved
>
> ================================================================================
>  Package             Arch          Version                Repository
> Size
> ================================================================================
> Installing:
>  rrdtool             x86_64        1.3.8-2.el5.rf         rpmforge
> 936 k
> Installing for dependencies:
>  perl-rrdtool        x86_64        1.3.8-2.el5.rf         rpmforge
> 54 k
>  ruby                x86_64        1.8.5-5.el5_3.7        update
> 274 k
>
> Transaction Summary
> ================================================================================
> Install      3 Package(s)
> Update       0 Package(s)
> Remove       0 Package(s)
>
>
>
> financial.com AG
>

Ruby is already, but since this is a cPanel server, I think it may
clash with the existing installed libraries, so I'm going to install
vnstat instead.



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