:author: Keith F. Prussing, Ph.D.
:date: 2015-07-16
:template: post.html

Yay Package Managers...
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.. container:: abstract

    So, today I log into one of my RHEL6 machines and notice that
    ``yum`` says there are some updates to apply.

Trying to do a simple update gives::

    $ yum upgrade
     <snip>
    --> Finished Dependency Resolution
    Error: Package: gnote-0.6.3-3.el6.x86_64 (@anaconda-RedHatEnterpriseLinux-201301301459.x86_64/6.4)
        Requires: libboost_filesystem-mt.so.5()(64bit)
        Removing: boost-filesystem-1.41.0-17.el6_4.x86_64 (@rhel-x86_64-server-6)
            libboost_filesystem-mt.so.5()(64bit)
        Updated By: boost-filesystem-1.55.0-4.el6.x86_64 (eosl-el6-x86_64)
            Not found
        Available: boost-filesystem-1.41.0-18.el6.x86_64 (rhel-server-el6-x86_64)
            libboost_filesystem-mt.so.5()(64bit)
        Available: boost-filesystem-1.54.0-14.el6.x86_64 (eosl-el6-x86_64)
            Not found
    Error: Package: gnote-0.6.3-3.el6.x86_64 (@anaconda-RedHatEnterpriseLinux-201301301459.x86_64/6.4)
        Requires: libboost_system-mt.so.5()(64bit)
        Removing: boost-system-1.41.0-17.el6_4.x86_64 (@rhel-x86_64-server-6)
            libboost_system-mt.so.5()(64bit)
        Updated By: boost-system-1.55.0-4.el6.x86_64 (eosl-el6-x86_64)
            Not found
        Available: boost-system-1.41.0-18.el6.x86_64 (rhel-server-el6-x86_64)
            libboost_system-mt.so.5()(64bit)
        Available: boost-system-1.54.0-14.el6.x86_64 (eosl-el6-x86_64)
            Not found
      You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
      You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest 

Okay?  Trying a Google search didn't bring anything useful up for a
while.  At this point, I'm ready to start banging my head on the desk.
And then, I came across `this thread`_.  It turns out ``gnote`` wanted
an old version of ``boost``.  The catch is, I don't use ``gnote``.  I
normally ``ssh`` in and use the terminal for everything.  When I *do*
sit down at the workstation, I prefer KDE.  I have no use for ``gnote``
so it can just go away.  Following the instructions I ran::

    $ rpm -qa | grep -e "boost-.*-1\.41\.0.*" | xargs rpm --test -e

to check which programs wanted the specific version of boost and::

    $ yum remove gnote-0.6.3-3.el6.x86_64

to remove the offending package.  In the above, the boost version (or
what ever is causing the issue) can be updated in the regex to ``grep``
and then the package simply removed.  Now to get back to trying to write
some documentation...

.. _this thread: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=b3c4d2c9-32be-4c75-adcf-e754d266953f