What do I do if I encounter dependency problems when manually installing a package using RPM on Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

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Issue

  • When using RPM to install a particular package, it complains about some dependencies. For example:
    [root@localhost extras]# rpm -ivh amarok-arts-1.2.4-6.fc4.i386.rpm
warning: amarok-arts-1.2.4-6.fc4.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 1ac70ce6
error: Failed dependencies:
        amarok = 1.2.4 is needed by amarok-arts-1.2.4-6.fc4.i386

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5, 6

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