Chris Tooley wrote: > Hi All, first of all, thanks for the help. > >> If you just want to switch a running system, I *think* this would be all >> you need to do. >> >> 1 - Point Yum to look at SL yum repositories >> 1a - rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/*repo >> (a bit drastic, but if you want to go slow, just move everything) >> 1b (SL4) - rpm -Uvh >> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/4x/i386/misc/RPMS/yum-conf-latest.SL.noarch.rpm > > Done. > >> 2 - Replace the following packages: >> yum (from centos) -> yum (from SL) >> centos-release -> sl-release >> centos-release-notes -> sl-release-notes (SL5 Only) > > I cannot seem to install yum: I get dependency errors: > ================ > # rpm -i yum-2.4.3-10.SL.noarch.rpm > warning: yum-2.4.3-10.SL.noarch.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID > 82fd17b2 > error: Failed dependencies: > python-elementtree is needed by yum-2.4.3-10.SL > urlgrabber is needed by yum-2.4.3-10.SL > ================ > So I attempt to follow the dependency trail, and end up stalled at: > ================ > # rpm -i yum-2.4.3-10.SL.noarch.rpm python-2.3.4-14.7.el4.i386.rpm > python-elementtree-1.2.6-4.i386.rpm urlgrabber-2.9.6-1.noarch.rpm > warning: yum-2.4.3-10.SL.noarch.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID > 82fd17b2 > warning: python-elementtree-1.2.6-4.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, > key ID a7048f8d > error: Failed dependencies: > libdb-4.2.so is needed by python-2.3.4-14.7.el4 > ================ > As far as I can tell, libdb-4.2 is provided by the package compat-db in > SL5, however, the latest version in SL4 is < 4.2... (I am attempting to > convert to SL4) Am I missing something here? > > Previously I had converted this system from EL4 to Centos4 - might this > have something to do with it? > > Thanks again! > -Chris Yes. EL4 never had yum, or the libraries for yum. Centos 4 had yum, so I had assumed that you had yum installed already. Right at the moment I don't have time to track down which packages, maybe someone else had the list of packages needed for yum to be installed on a EL4 machine? Troy -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/LSCS/CSI/USS Group __________________________________________________