Package installation fails with "error: failed dependencies"

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Issue

  • Package installation fails with "error: failed dependencies", for example:

    error: Failed dependencies:
        hal >= 0.5.8.1-52 is needed by rhn-client-tools-0.4.20-33.el5.noarch
        python-dmidecode is needed by rhn-client-tools-0.4.20-33.el5.noarch
        rhnlib >= 2.2.7 is needed by rhn-client-tools-0.4.20-33.el5.noarch

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

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