[pandarsson]

The problem here is that these rpms were built against older libraries that no longer have that version number.

In no way am I endorsing the following course of action.

Sometimes when I run across this problem, there's a little trick that I do. First, I run rpm on the file and see what error it gives me. If it says

Failed dependencies. libfoo.so.1 is needed by bar

then I `locate libfoo.so`. Let's say that it returns libfoo.so.2. Then I do the following:

ln -s /usr/lib/libfoo.so.2 /usr/lib/libfoo.so.1

And I run rpm again. Usually, it no longer complains about libfoo and goes on to libreallyimportant or something and I do the same with that. And so on until the **** thing installs.

****That does not always work****

At times, there are breaks in compatibility, and a program for libfoo.so.1 will not work with libfoo.so.2. Secondly, though I have never experienced any problems doing this other than the program I installed simply refusing to work, it is a Bad Idea(tm) to mess around like that generally.

I just wanted to lay it on the table.