Subject: Re: failed to install iptables rpm
From: Iain Stevenson (iain@iainstevenson.com)
Date: Mon Aug 20 2001 - 15:10:19 MDT
Hi Murias,
... is /usr/src/linux pointing to your new kernel sources? If not, you
need to fix up the symlink. First remove the old symlink. Then,
assuming the new kernel is in /build/kernel, you would type ln -s
/build/kernel /usr/src/linux
Iain
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> Trying to install the iptables-1.2.2.-1 rpm. I have just compiled a
> new kernel and it is running rather nicely. Kernel I am running is
> 2.4.9-benh0.
>
> The command I use for the install is;
> rpm --install iptables-1.2.2-1.ppc.rpm
>
> But then it comes back telling me;
> error: failed dependencies:
> kernel >= 2.4.0 is needed by iptables-1.2.2-1
>
> So, I checked a few things,
> dmesg tells me: Linux version 2.4.9-benh0
> rpm -v kernel tells me: kernel-2.2.17-0.6.1
>
> I do indeed have the 2.2.17 kernel on my machine, but it is not being
> used. I keep it around cause it works. and it is the last kernel I
> was ruinning before attempting the new 2.4 trees.
>
> So, I then attempted doing;
> rpm --force --install iptables-1.2.2-1.ppc.rpm
>
> and got the same failed dependencies message.
>
> Is there a way around this? Do I need to get rid of the 2.2.17 kernel
> altogether now?
>
> Any ideas/suggestions woudl be great.
> TIA.
>
> Murias
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