update-alternatives

[jockojem]

Hello!

I am trying to install some .rpm packages for Aplaws (based on the RedHat CMS app) on Advanced Server 2.1. One of the packages produces a dependency warning as follows...

[root@aplaws root]# rpm -Uvh ccm-tools-servlet-resin-2.1.1-2.noarch.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
/usr/sbin/update-alternatives is needed by ccm-tools-servlet-resin-2.1.1-2

After some rooting on the net I gather that I can get this from chkconfig. However I am not sure a. if this is right b. which version is correct.

Failing that - does anyone know which version of apt I can use?

Thanks, once again, in advance.

Jem

 

[thedaver]

You really should stop for moment and read up on the whole process of doing RPM installs and updates, using chkconfig, etc. You've got several concepts confused - as I noted in your prior thread here.

Chkconfig does not "get" any RPMs for you nor does it resolve or even contemplate any dependencies. It's a tool to manage the "registration" of daemons into a RedHat system so that their runlevel status can be changed to On or Off. And runlevel ONLY affects what the machine loads at bootup.

Apt-get does 1) keep an updated list of available packages for your consideration, 2) keep a list of the packages you have installed, 3) attempt to resolve dependencies based upon what the packages say they require. When using apt-get the packages themselves may or may not "register" themselves as chkconfig would - more often than not they do.

If you you have a known dependency you should consult RedHat's FTP site for the rpm version that you require. Download the RPM and install it.

http://www.surfinbox.com/dir.php

 

[jockojem]

Thanks thedaver for your help... although I think you misunderstand my dilemma slightly.

As I understand it the rpm I want to install won't install because /usr/sbin/update-alternatives isn't present. I did some reading on this and this appears to be a debian tool for dealing with symbolic links which has somehow now been provisioned into chkconfig. (I am a little hazy on this - but I don't suppose that matters at the moment).

I've already checked on the RedHat ftp site for an AS2.1 version of chkconfig and there doesn't appear to be an obvious candidate. Indeed a look on rpm.pbone.net shows that earlier versions of chkconfig contain /usr/sbin/update-alternatives.

Now the version of ccm I am trying to install is reccomended for AS2.1 so I am assuming this must be resolvable. It is just not apparent to me how.

Thanks again.

Jem

 

[thedaver]

What does the ccm website provide? Often they'll have some supporting RPMs available.

have you checked

http://www.rpmfind.net?

http://www.surfinbox.com/dir.php