Xen packages are not installed because of dependency error

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Issue

  • Xen packages are not installing to a RHEL5.4 system due to a dependency issue.
    # rpm -ivh xen-3.0.3-105.el5_5.4.x86_64.rpm
warning: xen-3.0.3-105.el5_5.4.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 37017186
error: Failed dependencies:
        xen-libs = 3.0.3-105.el5_5.4 is needed by xen-3.0.3-105.el5_5.4.x86_64
        xz-libs is needed by xen-3.0.3-105.el5_5.4.x86_64
# rpm -ivh xen-libs-3.0.3-105.el5_5.4.x86_64.rpm
warning: xen-libs-3.0.3-105.el5_5.4.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 37017186
error: Failed dependencies:
        libext4fs.so.2()(64bit) is needed by xen-libs-3.0.3-105.el5_5.4.x86_64
        liblzma.so.0()(64bit) is needed by xen-libs-3.0.3-105.el5_5.4.x86_64
  • An rpm command is required to install Xen packages.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
  • 2.6.18-164.el5xen

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