Re: failed to install iptables rpm


Subject: Re: failed to install iptables rpm
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Mon Aug 20 2001 - 15:24:46 MDT


                                        

This is a result of you not using an RPM-based kernel.

As I see it, you have two options:

1) run an rpm kernel such as:
ftp://ftp.penguinppc.org/users/dburcaw/kernel-2.4.8/
2) install with --nodeps

#2 is not advised.

>
> 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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Regards, Dan Burcaw Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.



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