[CentOS] Yum packages error.

Fri Jan 14 15:13:26 UTC 2011
Lisandro Grullon <lgrullon at CityTech.Cuny.Edu>

Dear group,
Last night I was playing around with my home desktop trying to get the sound to work and somehow I broke some dependencies, now yum update would not run. Can someone help me troubleshoot this. This is the output I am getting from yum update. Thank you in advance.

[root at venus ~]# yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * addons: mirror.rackspace.com
 * base: mirror.trouble-free.net
 * extras: centos.mirror.nac.net
 * rpmforge: fr2.rpmfind.net
 * updates: mirror.atlanticmetro.net
Excluding Packages from EL 5 - i386 - ATrpms
Finished
Reducing EL 5 - i386 - ATrpms to included packages only
Finished
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2 for package: alsa-utils
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2 for package: control-center
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2 for package: xulrunner
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2 for package: esound
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2 for package: gimp
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2 for package: java-1.6.0-openjdk
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2 for package: libgcj
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2 for package: sox
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2 for package: firefox
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2 for package: gstreamer-plugins-base
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2 for package: alsa-lib
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2 for package: pwlib
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) for package: alsa-utils
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) for package: sox
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) for package: esound
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) for package: gimp
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) for package: gstreamer-plugins-base
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) for package: java-1.6.0-openjdk
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) for package: xulrunner
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) for package: libgcj
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) for package: alsa-lib
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) for package: pwlib
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) for package: control-center
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0) for package: alsa-utils
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc4) for package: alsa-utils
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc4) for package: esound
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc4) for package: java-1.6.0-openjdk
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc4) for package: sox
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc4) for package: gstreamer-plugins-base
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc4) for package: pwlib
--> Processing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc8) for package: alsa-lib
---> Package alsa-lib.i386 0:1.0.23-34.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libasound2 = 1.0.23-34.el5 for package: alsa-lib
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
1:esound-0.2.36-3.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc4) is needed by package 1:esound-0.2.36-3.i386 (installed)
alsa-lib-1.0.23-34.el5.i386 from atrpms has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc8) is needed by package alsa-lib-1.0.23-34.el5.i386 (atrpms)
1:control-center-2.16.0-16.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package 1:control-center-2.16.0-16.el5.i386 (installed)
1:java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.16.b17.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package 1:java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.16.b17.el5.i386 (installed)
1:esound-0.2.36-3.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package 1:esound-0.2.36-3.i386 (installed)
1:java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.16.b17.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package 1:java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.16.b17.el5.i386 (installed)
pwlib-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc4) is needed by package pwlib-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386 (installed)
1:java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.16.b17.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc4) is needed by package 1:java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.16.b17.el5.i386 (installed)
alsa-utils-1.0.17-1.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package alsa-utils-1.0.17-1.el5.i386 (installed)
2:gimp-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package 2:gimp-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5.i386 (installed)
pwlib-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package pwlib-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386 (installed)
libgcj-4.1.2-48.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package libgcj-4.1.2-48.el5.i386 (installed)
alsa-utils-1.0.17-1.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc4) is needed by package alsa-utils-1.0.17-1.el5.i386 (installed)
gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.20-3.0.1.el5_3.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.20-3.0.1.el5_3.i386 (installed)
firefox-3.6.13-2.el5.centos.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package firefox-3.6.13-2.el5.centos.i386 (installed)
sox-12.18.1-1.el5_5.1.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package sox-12.18.1-1.el5_5.1.i386 (installed)
1:esound-0.2.36-3.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package 1:esound-0.2.36-3.i386 (installed)
xulrunner-1.9.2.13-3.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package xulrunner-1.9.2.13-3.el5.i386 (installed)
sox-12.18.1-1.el5_5.1.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package sox-12.18.1-1.el5_5.1.i386 (installed)
alsa-lib-1.0.23-34.el5.i386 from atrpms has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package alsa-lib-1.0.23-34.el5.i386 (atrpms)
gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.20-3.0.1.el5_3.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.20-3.0.1.el5_3.i386 (installed)
xulrunner-1.9.2.13-3.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package xulrunner-1.9.2.13-3.el5.i386 (installed)
pwlib-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package pwlib-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386 (installed)
2:gimp-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package 2:gimp-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5.i386 (installed)
alsa-utils-1.0.17-1.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package alsa-utils-1.0.17-1.el5.i386 (installed)
gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.20-3.0.1.el5_3.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc4) is needed by package gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.20-3.0.1.el5_3.i386 (installed)
1:control-center-2.16.0-16.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package 1:control-center-2.16.0-16.el5.i386 (installed)
alsa-utils-1.0.17-1.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0) is needed by package alsa-utils-1.0.17-1.el5.i386 (installed)
alsa-lib-1.0.23-34.el5.i386 from atrpms has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package alsa-lib-1.0.23-34.el5.i386 (atrpms)
libgcj-4.1.2-48.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package libgcj-4.1.2-48.el5.i386 (installed)
alsa-lib-1.0.23-34.el5.i386 from atrpms has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound2 = 1.0.23-34.el5 is needed by package alsa-lib-1.0.23-34.el5.i386 (atrpms)
sox-12.18.1-1.el5_5.1.i386 from installed has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc4) is needed by package sox-12.18.1-1.el5_5.1.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc4) is needed by package sox-12.18.1-1.el5_5.1.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package pwlib-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package alsa-utils-1.0.17-1.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package sox-12.18.1-1.el5_5.1.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package 1:java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.16.b17.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package 1:esound-0.2.36-3.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package 1:esound-0.2.36-3.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package libgcj-4.1.2-48.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc4) is needed by package gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.20-3.0.1.el5_3.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package libgcj-4.1.2-48.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0) is needed by package alsa-utils-1.0.17-1.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package sox-12.18.1-1.el5_5.1.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package 1:java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.16.b17.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package alsa-utils-1.0.17-1.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound2 = 1.0.23-34.el5 is needed by package alsa-lib-1.0.23-34.el5.i386 (atrpms)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package alsa-lib-1.0.23-34.el5.i386 (atrpms)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package pwlib-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc4) is needed by package 1:java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.16.b17.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc4) is needed by package alsa-utils-1.0.17-1.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc8) is needed by package alsa-lib-1.0.23-34.el5.i386 (atrpms)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package 1:control-center-2.16.0-16.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package 1:control-center-2.16.0-16.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package alsa-lib-1.0.23-34.el5.i386 (atrpms)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc4) is needed by package 1:esound-0.2.36-3.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package 2:gimp-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package xulrunner-1.9.2.13-3.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package firefox-3.6.13-2.el5.centos.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc4) is needed by package pwlib-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package xulrunner-1.9.2.13-3.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2 is needed by package gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.20-3.0.1.el5_3.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package 2:gimp-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5.i386 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by package gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.20-3.0.1.el5_3.i386 (installed)
 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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