On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:10:41 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > Does yum have problems with links (ln -s) updating mplayer from atrpms > and this happens > > Package mplayer needs libGL.so.1, this is not available. > Package mplayer needs libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1, this is not available. > > So I ls -l on the libs > > [david@reddwarf david]$ ls -l /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jul 14 12:11 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 -> > libGL.so.1.0.6106 > > [david@reddwarf david]$ ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Jul 11 15:30 > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1 -> libXvMCNVIDIA.so.1.0.6106 > > I see they are nvidia libs but that should not affect yum,I ran ldconfig > to no effect.How do I get around this You need to check whether the files/links are available in the RPM database. Because that's what RPM is interested in. rpm -qf /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1 or: rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1 -- Fedora Core release 2.90 (FC3 Test 1) - Linux 2.6.7-1.478