Sounds like you are installing using rpm, rather than yum? If so, try the following. Issue the rpm command to install both of them at once thusly: rpm -Uvh mplayer-xyz mplayer-common-abc On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 06:43 -0400, Piko Neal wrote: > 1. When I try to install mplayer, the dependencies check tell me that I > need mplayer-common, but when I try to install mplayer-common, it tells > me that I need mplayer. > > 2. How do I get pass this circular logic? > > 3. I thank you for your time. > > Very Respectfully, > Piko A. Neal, Jr. >
