Have a try the rpmforge repo to install mplayer ~~~ O n Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 8:23 PM, ken <gebser at mousecar.com> wrote: > 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: > > ================================================== > # 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 > ================================================== > > 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 > > > ================================================== > # package-cleanup --problems > Setting up yum > Reading local RPM database > Processing all local requires > No problems found > ================================================== > > Maybe removing the above dupes fixed it??? Nope, "yum install mplayer" > still flipped me an error. So then tried: > > ================================================== > # 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 > ================================================== > > 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?? > > > -- > War is a failure of the imagination. > --William Blake > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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