On 12/26/2011 03:24 AM, Steven J. Yellin wrote:
> yum --enablerepo=epel provides \*/libntfs-3g.so.81
> 
> finds libntfs-3g.so.81 in epel's ntfs-3g-2011.4.12-5.el5.i386, so 
> installing ntfsprogs from epel with yum should resolve the dependency by 
> getting both it and ntfs-3g.  Indeed, with sl-contrib (and, it happens, 
> epel) disabled by default, and neither ntfsprogs nor ntfs-3g installed on 
> my SL5 i386 computer,
> 
> yum --enablerepo=epel install ntfsprogs
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i have epel enabled:

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17:53:45 : Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
17:53:45 :  * epel: mirror.unl.edu
17:53:45 :  * sl-base: ftp.scientificlinux.org
17:53:45 :  * sl-contrib: ftp.scientificlinux.org
17:53:45 :  * sl-fastbugs: ftp.scientificlinux.org
17:53:45 :  * sl-security: ftp.scientificlinux.org
17:53:56 : 140 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
17:53:56 : 0 packages excluded due to repository protections
17:53:56 : Reading version lock configuration
17:53:56 : Setup Yum : Transaction Set
17:53:57 : 0 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
17:53:57 : 0 packages excluded due to repository protections
<snip>
17:57:42 :  ---> testdisk-6.12-1.el5.i386
17:57:42 :  Packages to update
17:57:42 :  ---> 2:ntfsprogs-2011.4.12-5.el5.i386
17:57:42 : Preparing for install/remove/update
17:57:43 : --> Preparing for install
17:57:43 : --> Preparing for a full update
17:57:43 : --> Running transaction check
17:57:43 : ---> Package ntfsprogs.i386 2:2011.4.12-5.el5 set to be updated
17:57:45 : --> Processing Dependency: libntfs-3g.so.81 for package: ntfsprogs
17:57:45 : ---> Package testdisk.i386 0:6.12-1.el5 set to be updated
17:57:46 : --> Processing Dependency: libntfs-3g.so.81 for package: testdisk
17:58:16 : --> Finished Dependency Resolution
17:58:16 : 2:ntfsprogs-2011.4.12-5.el5.i386 from epel has depsolving problems
17:58:16 :   --> Missing Dependency: libntfs-3g.so.81 is needed by package \
           2:ntfsprogs-2011.4.12-5.el5.i386 (epel)
17:58:16 : testdisk-6.12-1.el5.i386 from epel has depsolving problems
17:58:16 :   --> Missing Dependency: libntfs-3g.so.81 is needed by package \
           testdisk-6.12-1.el5.i386 (epel)
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line '17:58:16' show that it is trying the epel repo mirror.


> did install both.  Maybe more details about what yum repos are enabled, 
> what you did, and what the yum output was would help explain why what you 
> tried didn't work.  Or you might be able to resolve the problem simply by 
> first installing ntfs-3g from epel.
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could it be mirror problem?

is there a 'direct to' epel that i could try?


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