[CentOS] can't "yum install mplayer" : no libmpcdec.so.3 available

ken

gebser at mousecar.com
Fri Oct 23 12:23:29 UTC 2009


Just upgraded to 5.4 yesterday morning.  (Kudos to those who did that!)
That's probably irrelevant to this problem:

"yum install mplayer" fails.  Here's what happens:

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 # yum install mplayer
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, filter-data, kernel-module, keys, kmod, list-
              : data, merge-conf, security, upgrade-helper, verify,
versionlock
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * addons: mirrors.serveraxis.net
 * base: mirror.anl.gov
 * centosplus: mirror.atlanticmetro.net
 * contrib: updates.interworx.info
 * epel: mirrors.dmacc.net
 * extras: mirrors.serveraxis.net
 * updates: mirrors.rit.edu
Skipping filters plugin, no data
Reading version lock configuration
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
Skipping filters plugin, no data
--> Running transaction check
---> Package mplayer.i386 0:1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: liblirc_client.so.0 for package: mplayer
--> Processing Dependency: mplayer-fonts for package: mplayer
--> Processing Dependency: libaudio.so.2 for package: mplayer
--> Processing Dependency: libmpcdec.so.3 for package: mplayer
--> Running transaction check
---> Package mplayer.i386 0:1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: liblirc_client.so.0 for package: mplayer
--> Processing Dependency: libmpcdec.so.3 for package: mplayer
---> Package mplayer-fonts.noarch 0:1.1-3.fc set to be updated
---> Package nas.i386 0:1.9.1-2.el5 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 from freshrpms has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: liblirc_client.so.0 is needed by package
mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 (freshrpms)
mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 from freshrpms has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libmpcdec.so.3 is needed by package
mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 (freshrpms)
Error: Missing Dependency: liblirc_client.so.0 is needed by package
mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 (freshrpms)
Error: Missing Dependency: libmpcdec.so.3 is needed by package
mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 (freshrpms)
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
                        package-cleanup --dupes
                        rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
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Yep, I did run"

# package-cleanup --dupes
Setting up yum
giflib-4.1.3-7.1.el5.1.i386
giflib-4.1.3-7.1.el5_3.1.i386
# rpm -qa |grep giflib
giflib-4.1.3-7.1.el5.1
giflib-4.1.3-7.1.el5_3.1
giflib-devel-4.1.3-7.1.el5_3.1

so erased giflib-4.1.3-7.1.el5.1.i386, but still got the same from yum


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# package-cleanup --problems
Setting up yum
Reading local RPM database
Processing all local requires
No problems found
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Maybe removing the above dupes fixed it???  Nope, "yum install mplayer"
still flipped me an error.  So then tried:

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# yum install --skip-broken mplayer
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, filter-data, kernel-module, keys, kmod, list-
              : data, merge-conf, security, upgrade-helper, verify,
versionlock
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * addons: mirrors.serveraxis.net
 * base: mirror.anl.gov
 * centosplus: mirror.atlanticmetro.net
 * contrib: updates.interworx.info
 * epel: mirrors.dmacc.net
 * extras: mirrors.serveraxis.net
 * updates: mirrors.rit.edu
Skipping filters plugin, no data
Reading version lock configuration
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
Skipping filters plugin, no data
--> Running transaction check
---> Package mplayer.i386 0:1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: liblirc_client.so.0 for package: mplayer
--> Processing Dependency: mplayer-fonts for package: mplayer
--> Processing Dependency: libaudio.so.2 for package: mplayer
--> Processing Dependency: libmpcdec.so.3 for package: mplayer
--> Running transaction check
---> Package mplayer.i386 0:1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: liblirc_client.so.0 for package: mplayer
--> Processing Dependency: libmpcdec.so.3 for package: mplayer
---> Package mplayer-fonts.noarch 0:1.1-3.fc set to be updated
---> Package nas.i386 0:1.9.1-2.el5 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 from freshrpms has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: liblirc_client.so.0 is needed by package
mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 (freshrpms)
mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 from freshrpms has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libmpcdec.so.3 is needed by package
mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 (freshrpms)

Packages skipped because of dependency problems:
    mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 from freshrpms
    mplayer-fonts-1.1-3.fc.noarch from freshrpms
    nas-1.9.1-2.el5.i386 from epel
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This looks like it might be the cause:

# rpm -ql libmpcdec
/usr/lib/libmpcdec.so.5
/usr/lib/libmpcdec.so.5.0.2
/usr/share/doc/libmpcdec-1.2.6
... <snip> ...

i.e., the dependency is already installed, but the installed version is
higher than what's requested... or the dependency is misspecified
(libmpcdec.so.3)...(?)

and/or liblirc/liblirc_client and libaudio aren't available (at least in
the repos my yum is set up for.


What to do.. what to do??


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