Author: David Landgren
Email: david@landgren.net
Web Page: http://www.landgren.net/
Date Submitted: Wed, Feb 25, 1998
Status: New Entry

Releases: all
Platform: all
Category:  RPM and RPM's
Category Listing:  Installing an RPM package gives "failed dependencies : /bin/sh"

Issue

When I try to install a newer version of e.g. the kernel, I get the following output: "/bin/sh is needed by kernel-2.0.32-2"

Response

The error message is a bit of a misnomer. The actual explanation is that the rpm program itself is out of date. Before going any further you have to upgrade that. At the time of writing (Feb. 1998), the latest version is 2.4.10. The package can be foun d at: ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/. Install this first and then your original package installation should run smoothly.

References

The RPM homepage.