Peter, See this FAQ from the site that I referenced:
How can I install the packages from the EPEL software repository? http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#How_can_I_install_the_packages_from_the_EPEL_software_repository.3F and this one pertaining to the GPG key: How do I know that a package is a EPEL package http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#How_do_I_know_that_a_package_is_a_EPEL_package HTH, Marc on 11/18/2008 12:07 PM Peter Tait wrote: > Hi Marc + Gustavo, > > thank you for the help. > > Marc - > I tried to install the xdg-utils RPM from a different web site ( I can > not find it anymore) and yum complained about a missing public key. I > never could find the public key for that RPM package. > > The command I have for updating the keys is > su -c 'rpm --import http://www.therepository.com/GPG-PUB-KEY.asc' > > Does http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/4/x86_64/ provide the > *.asc files? > > Cheers > Peter > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: Marc Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Gustavo Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: Peter Tait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Problem with the Linux R 2.8.0 rpm for 64 bit REL 4 > Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:00:26 -0600 > > I would not use 'force', as the consequences can be a corrupted RPM > database and other conflicts. > > The xdg-utils RPM for RHEL 4 is available from here: > > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/4/x86_64/ > > You might want to review the EPEL FAQ here: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ > > You can uninstall the compiled version using "make uninstall" to avoid > conflicts with the RPM. > > HTH, > > Marc Schwartz > > on 11/18/2008 10:31 AM Gustavo Carvalho wrote: >> xdg utils is probably not being recognized because you compiled it >> from source. The R rpm is looking for the xdg utils package. I'm not >> familiar with yum, but I think you can try to force the installation: >> >> rpm -ivh --force (or something like that) /data/R-2.8.0-1.rh4.x86_64.rpm >> >> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Peter Tait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am trying to update my version of R on Centos 4. >>> >>> $uname -a >>> >>> Linux 2.6.9-78.0.5.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Oct 8 07:06:30 EDT 2008 x86_64 > x86_64 >>> x86_64 GNU/Linux >>> >>> I tried to update the current version of R (2.6.2) which was installed >>> locally as an rpm >>> $R --version >>> R version 2.6.2 (2008-02-08) >>> Copyright (C) 2008 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing >>> ISBN 3-900051-07-0 >>> >>> I used yum to try to do the update with the following error >>> >>> $su -c "yum localupdate /data/R-2.8.0-1.rh4.x86_64.rpm" >>> Error: Missing Dependency: xdg-utils is needed by package R >>> >>> I have installed the xdg-utils manually from >>> http://portland.freedesktop.org/download/xdg-utils-1.0.2.tgz >>> >>> $cd /data/xdg-utils-1.0.2 --> this is a directory >>> $./configure --prefix=/usr >>> $su -c " make install" >>> $cd /usr/bin >>> $ ls -al | grep xdg --> shows the xdg utilities >>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14806 Nov 18 10:43 xdg-desktop-icon >>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 39267 Nov 18 10:43 xdg-desktop-menu >>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16177 Nov 18 10:43 xdg-email >>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24129 Nov 18 10:43 xdg-icon-resource >>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 28015 Nov 18 10:43 xdg-mime >>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10131 Nov 18 10:43 xdg-open >>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 19303 Nov 18 10:43 xdg-screensaver >>> >>> So the xdg-utils are installed but yum or the R rpm are not recognizing >>> them? How do I solve this problem? >>> >>> Thanks >>> Peter >>> > > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
