[Novalug] missing libtermcap.so.2
Jon LaBadie
novalugml@jgcomp.com
Wed Sep 19 23:02:35 EDT 2012
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 07:33:08PM -0400, greg pryzby wrote:
> did you try
> yum install package-name.rpm
> or tell us the name of the package
Tried, also tried "rpm -ivh package.rpm".
The software is the amanda client, though
not from a Fedora repo.
It does install with rpm with the --nodeps
option and I test it that way. I'd prefer
the maintainers fix the dependency.
Jon
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Jon LaBadie <novalugml@jgcomp.com> wrote:
> > I'm trying to install an rpm on Fedora 17. It is
> > throwing an error about a missing dependency for
> > "libtermcap.so.2". This library doesn't seem to be
> > available for Fedora 17 (and maybe a few earlier
> > releases). I think its functions are incorporated
> > into the libncurses group (or possibly libtinfo).
> >
> > In the past, when there was a reasonable alternative
> > library, I was able to make a symlink to the alternative.
> > It is not working for this package.
> >
> > I've also tried copying the existing libtinfo and
> > libncurses libraries under the libtermcap.so.2
> > name. And grasping for straws, I used a binary
> > editor on the renamed copy of libncurses, to replace
> > all instances of the string "libncurses.so.5.9" with
> > "libtermcap.so.2". Lastly, I made a copy of the
> > package I'm trying to install and using the binary
> > editor, nulled out the strings "libtermcap.so.2".
> >
> > I have contacted the package maintainer.
> >
> > Any other ideas?
> >
> > jon
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