Re: where to install Perl-Modusles for wdg-html-validator

From: BlueHat (bluehat_at_gmx.at)
Date: 04/02/04

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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 18:05:43 +0200

    Am Fre, den 02.04.2004 schrieb Dave Cross um 16:30:
    > On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 04:11:05PM +0200, BlueHat wrote:
    > > Am Fre, den 02.04.2004 schrieb Dave Cross um 13:48:
    > > > On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 01:19:49PM +0200, BlueHat wrote:
    > > > >
    > > > > I've done this (as 'root'), but it does'nt work. By the next try to
    > > > > install wdg it's the same, rpm requires those modules.
    > > >
    > > > Then you can either force the rpm installation (it should work as the
    > > > modules _have_ been installed, or you can track down and install rpm
    > > > versions of the modules.
    >
    > > Thanks, this works! Could you explain why?
    >
    > Not sure what you mean by "this" as I don't know which of the two
    > options that I suggested you used. But here's an explaination of
    > what has happened.
    >
    > You wanted to install an rpm of some software and that rpm has some
    > dependencies which are given in terms of rpms.
    >
    > Now the actual software doesn't care whether the Perl modules it needs
    > are installed as rpms or directly from CPAN. It just needs the modules
    > to be installed.
    >
    > So if you install the modules from CPAN, the rpm database isn't updated
    > and if you try to install the original rpm bundle, then it will still
    > complain as rpm doesn't think that the modules are installed. However,
    > you know that the modules _have_ been installed so you can safely
    > force rpm to ignore the dependencies.
    >
    > But if you find rpm versions of the Perl modules and install those
    > instead, then the installation will be registered in the rpm database
    > and you won't get any warnings when installing your software.
    >
    > Does that help?
    >
    > Dave...
    >
    > --
    > New .sigs
    > Running in please parse

    I've used rpm's I found on the web and installed them, sorry to tell you
    this.

    Thanks a lot your answer helps to understand whats happend.

    Andreas 

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