On Friday 16 November 2007 02:28:05 Timothy Murphy wrote: > Stefano Cavallari wrote: > >> I've been unable to "yum update" my Fedora-7 laptop for a couple of > >> days, because I apparently need a recent "kdebase3", > >> which I cannot locate. > >> > >> ---------------------------------------- > >> [tim@elizabeth ~]$ sudo > >> yum --exclude=kdeartwork,kdebase-devel,kdebindings,kdeaddons update > >> ... > >> --> Finished Dependency Resolution > >> Error: Missing Dependency: kdebase3 >= 3.5.8 is needed by package > >> kdebindings > >> Error: Missing Dependency: kdebase3 >= 3.5.8 is needed by package > >> kdeaddons Error: Missing Dependency: kdebase-libs = 6:3.5.8-3.fc7 is > >> needed by package kdebase-devel > >> Error: Missing Dependency: kdebase3 >= 3.5.8 is needed by package > >> kdeartwork [tim@elizabeth ~]$ sudo > >> yum --exclude=kdeartwork,kdebase-devel,kdebindings,kdeaddons update > >> ---------------------------------------- > >> > >> What happened was that my laptop ran out of battery > >> in the middle of a yum update, > >> and I assume that that was the cause of the trouble. > > ... > > > try > > yum install yum-utils > > package-cleanup --cleandupes > > I'm afraid this made things worse: > ----------------------------------------- > Error: Missing Dependency: libkonq.so.4 is needed by package kdebase-devel > Error: Missing Dependency: kdebase3 >= 3.5.8 is needed by package > kdebindings > Error: Missing Dependency: libkonq.so.4 is needed by package kdeaddons > Error: Missing Dependency: libkdecorations.so.1 is needed by package > kdebase-devel > Error: Missing Dependency: libkonqsidebarplugin.so.1 is needed by package > kdebase-devel > Error: Missing Dependency: libkateinterfaces.so.0 is needed by package > kdeaddons > Error: Missing Dependency: libkhotkeys_shared.so.1 is needed by package > kdebase-devel > Error: Missing Dependency: libkateutils.so.0 is needed by package > kdebase-devel > Error: Missing Dependency: libkateinterfaces.so.0 is needed by package > kdebase-devel > Error: Missing Dependency: libkonqsidebarplugin.so.1 is needed by package > kdeaddons > Error: Missing Dependency: kdebase-libs = 6:3.5.8-3.fc7 is needed by > package kdebase-devel > Error: Missing Dependency: libkfontinst.so.0 is needed by package > kdebase-devel > Error: Missing Dependency: kdebase3 >= 3.5.8 is needed by package > kdeartwork Error: Missing Dependency: libksgrd.so.1 is needed by package > kdebase-devel Error: Missing Dependency: libtaskbar.so.1 is needed by > package > kdebase-devel > Error: Missing Dependency: libksplashthemes.so.0 is needed by package > kdebase-devel > Error: Missing Dependency: kdebase3 >= 3.5.8 is needed by package kdeaddons > Error: Missing Dependency: libkickermain.so.1 is needed by package > kdebase-devel > Error: Missing Dependency: libkdecorations.so.1 is needed by package > kdeartwork > Error: Missing Dependency: libkasbar.so.1 is needed by package > kdebase-devel Error: Missing Dependency: libtaskmanager.so.1 is needed by > package kdebase-devel > ----------------------------------------- That it's not a bad thing, duplicate packages are not upgradeable and they hide other problems. What repos do you use? The output of package-cleanup --problems ? (it just list them) --
