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Description of problem: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: yum install R Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security This system is not registered with RHN. RHN support will be disabled. Setting up Install Process Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package R.x86_64 0:2.13.0-1.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: libRmath-devel = 2.13.0-1.el5 for package: R --> Processing Dependency: R-devel = 2.13.0-1.el5 for package: R --> Running transaction check ---> Package libRmath-devel.x86_64 0:2.13.0-1.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: libRmath = 2.13.0-1.el5 for package: libRmath-devel ---> Package R-devel.x86_64 0:2.13.0-1.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: R-core = 2.13.0-1.el5 for package: R-devel --> Processing Dependency: libX11-devel for package: R-devel --> Processing Dependency: tk-devel for package: R-devel --> Processing Dependency: pcre-devel for package: R-devel --> Processing Dependency: tcl-devel for package: R-devel --> Running transaction check ---> Package libRmath.x86_64 0:2.13.0-1.el5 set to be updated ---> Package R-core.x86_64 0:2.13.0-1.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: xdg-utils for package: R-core ---> Package R-devel.x86_64 0:2.13.0-1.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: libX11-devel for package: R-devel --> Processing Dependency: tk-devel for package: R-devel --> Processing Dependency: pcre-devel for package: R-devel --> Processing Dependency: tcl-devel for package: R-devel --> Running transaction check ---> Package xdg-utils.noarch 0:1.0.2-4.el5 set to be updated ---> Package R-devel.x86_64 0:2.13.0-1.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: libX11-devel for package: R-devel --> Processing Dependency: tk-devel for package: R-devel --> Processing Dependency: pcre-devel for package: R-devel --> Processing Dependency: tcl-devel for package: R-devel --> Finished Dependency Resolution R-devel-2.13.0-1.el5.x86_64 from epel has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: pcre-devel is needed by package R-devel-2.13.0-1.el5.x86_64 (epel) R-devel-2.13.0-1.el5.x86_64 from epel has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: tk-devel is needed by package R-devel-2.13.0-1.el5.x86_64 (epel) R-devel-2.13.0-1.el5.x86_64 from epel has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: tcl-devel is needed by package R-devel-2.13.0-1.el5.x86_64 (epel) R-devel-2.13.0-1.el5.x86_64 from epel has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libX11-devel is needed by package R-devel-2.13.0-1.el5.x86_64 (epel) Error: Missing Dependency: tcl-devel is needed by package R-devel-2.13.0-1.el5.x86_64 (epel) Error: Missing Dependency: tk-devel is needed by package R-devel-2.13.0-1.el5.x86_64 (epel) Error: Missing Dependency: libX11-devel is needed by package R-devel-2.13.0-1.el5.x86_64 (epel) Error: Missing Dependency: pcre-devel is needed by package R-devel-2.13.0-1.el5.x86_64 (epel) Expected results: R should have been installed Additional info:
I got a new Dell workstation with Red Hat Linux Enterprise 5.3. I am trying to install R package and Bioconductor, but I have the problem of the dependencies.
This is a bug in the packaging for R in EPEL. R-devel-2.13.0-1.el5.x86_64 from epel has depsolving problems
Please can you suggest a ideal R-devel package which I can install. Thank you
So, this is not a bug in the packaging for R, but rather, for some reason, your RHEL subscription cannot find the necessary devel packages, specifically: --> Missing Dependency: libX11-devel --> Missing Dependency: pcre-devel --> Missing Dependency: tcl-devel --> Missing Dependency: tk-devel In RHEL 5.6 Workstation, these packages are present. The reason for the inability to find these packages is from your logs: This system is not registered with RHN. RHN support will be disabled. Without RHN support, you cannot download any updates (or any new packages from RHEL). You will need to enable your workstation via RHN, there is some documentation on how to do that here: https://access.redhat.com/support/start/ Once your system is enabled on RHN, this yum command will succeed.