Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Ksym Dependancy - rpm

If you encounter some ksym (..) dependancy problem when installing kmod package, you might want to try the --nodeps switch.

rpm -ivh --nodeps kmod.something.rpm

Some quote from the HP website

"RPM uses KMP packaging dependency data to ensure the dependencies are met
before installing the binary RPM. Red Hat maintains a whitelist of kernel
symbols which RPM uses to validate against the KMP binaries. Some symbols may
be in the kernel but not on the whitelist which results in a failed binary RPM
install. The user will need to use the "--nodeps" switch when installing the
binary."


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