I'm trying to remotely install R on a RHEL 5.5 system but keep getting a dependency issue
yum -y install R
results in the following
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package R.x86_64 0:3.3.0-3.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: R-devel = 3.3.0-3.el5 for package: R
--> Running transaction check
---> Package R-devel.x86_64 0:3.3.0-3.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: R-core-devel = 3.3.0-3.el5 for package: R-devel
--> Running transaction check
---> Package R-core-devel.x86_64 0:3.3.0-3.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: R-core = 3.3.0-3.el5 for package: R-core-devel
--> Processing Dependency: xz-devel for package: R-core-devel
--> Processing Dependency: tk-devel for package: R-core-devel
--> Processing Dependency: texinfo-tex for package: R-core-devel
--> Processing Dependency: tcl-devel for package: R-core-devel
--> Running transaction check
---> Package R-core.x86_64 0:3.3.0-3.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: xdg-utils for package: R-core
--> Processing Dependency: liblzma.so.0()(64bit) for package: R-core
---> Package R-core-devel.x86_64 0:3.3.0-3.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: xz-devel for package: R-core-devel
--> Processing Dependency: tk-devel for package: R-core-devel
--> Processing Dependency: texinfo-tex for package: R-core-devel
--> Processing Dependency: tcl-devel for package: R-core-devel
--> Running transaction check
---> Package R-core.x86_64 0:3.3.0-3.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: liblzma.so.0()(64bit) for package: R-core
---> Package R-core-devel.x86_64 0:3.3.0-3.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: xz-devel for package: R-core-devel
--> Processing Dependency: tk-devel for package: R-core-devel
--> Processing Dependency: texinfo-tex for package: R-core-devel
--> Processing Dependency: tcl-devel for package: R-core-devel
---> Package xdg-utils.noarch 0:1.0.2-4.el5 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
R-core-3.3.0-3.el5.x86_64 from epel has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: liblzma.so.0()(64bit) is needed by package R-core-3.3.0-3.el5.x86_64 (epel)
R-core-devel-3.3.0-3.el5.x86_64 from epel has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: xz-devel is needed by package R-core-devel-3.3.0-3.el5.x86_64 (epel)
R-core-devel-3.3.0-3.el5.x86_64 from epel has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: tk-devel is needed by package R-core-devel-3.3.0-3.el5.x86_64 (epel)
R-core-devel-3.3.0-3.el5.x86_64 from epel has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: tcl-devel is needed by package R-core-devel-3.3.0-3.el5.x86_64 (epel)
R-core-devel-3.3.0-3.el5.x86_64 from epel has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: texinfo-tex is needed by package R-core-devel-3.3.0-3.el5.x86_64 (epel)
Error: Missing Dependency: xz-devel is needed by package R-core-devel-3.3.0-3.el5.x86_64 (epel)
Error: Missing Dependency: liblzma.so.0()(64bit) is needed by package R-core-3.3.0-3.el5.x86_64 (epel)
Error: Missing Dependency: tcl-devel is needed by package R-core-devel-3.3.0-3.el5.x86_64 (epel)
Error: Missing Dependency: tk-devel is needed by package R-core-devel-3.3.0-3.el5.x86_64 (epel)
Error: Missing Dependency: texinfo-tex is needed by package R-core-devel-3.3.0-3.el5.x86_64 (epel)
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
package-cleanup --dupes
rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
The program package-cleanup is found in the yum-utils package.
I've tried yum clean all as possible solution but it results in the same issue. I've also tried to install the dependencies separately but they don't seem to exist.
How can I resolve this, and why might the package manager think a dependency is missing when it doesn't actually exist?
