As you may already know the AA1 comes with a custom version of Linpus
Linux, which is a custom version of Fedora. If you take a look at the
source RPMs provided by Acer you will notice about 50 modified packages, recognizable by an lp
suffix in their filename. I have already found one package modified
directly by Acer where the original filename was not modified, so there
may be more. And since neither Acer nor Linpus keep their own
repositories the only choice is to use the Fedora ones if you want to
update or install a package. As a result you'll run into dependency
problems now and then.
I will try to resolve them as i stumble upon them.
#1 gecko-libs
You will receive the following error whenever you try to install a
package that is somehow related to Firefox, or more precisely its gecko
engine: Missing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.16. A package that triggers it is epiphany.
It can be resolved. First of all Firefox 2 has to be removed, which can
only be done via rpm, or else half the system will go with it. Forcing
it via rpm however breaks a few packages. To satisfy their needs a
Fedora version of Firefox 2 is installed and a symlink to the excpected
library path created. Finally yelp is updated, and that's it.
#2 notification-daemon-xfce
It manifests itself via the following message: notification-daemon-xfce conflicts with notify-daemon. The good news is that for most packages the problem is fixed with procedure #1. I can only trigger it now via sudo yum update,
which is not recommended anyway because it will turn your system into
Fedora 8 if you're lucky or break it if you're not. Use yum only to
update selected packages, and even then make sure it's not updating one
of the modified ones. I'll put this one hold until another package
complains about it.
#3 gnome-menus
This depedency problem is triggered via f-spot or evolution, displaying the following error message.
file
/usr/share/desktop-directories/Internet.directory from install of
gnome-menus-2.20.3-1.fc8 conflicts with file from package
xfdesktop-acer-lp-1522.no_spot.mcs_patched
file /usr/share/desktop-directories/Settings.directory from install of
gnome-menus-2.20.3-1.fc8 conflicts with file from package
xfdesktop-acer-lp-1522.no_spot.mcs_patched
It's fairly easy to fix. Just download gnome-menus and redhat-menus and
force their installation. Then restore the original content of the
conflicting files.
#4 gtk2-devel
Not really a dependency problem but more of a general problem.
Installing gtk2-devel automatically updates the custom gtk2, which
breaks the desktop. Just download it and force the installation via rpm.
#5 libpulse
This problem only occured recently and is triggered if you try to install VLC, with the following error message.
Error: Missing Dependency: libpulse.so.0(PULSE_0) is needed by package vlc
Error: Missing Dependency: libopendaap.so.0 is needed by package vlc-core
Error: Missing Dependency: libdvdnav.so.4 is needed by package vlc-core
An explanation can be found here, the solution is to simply use the line below.
Linux, which is a custom version of Fedora. If you take a look at the
source RPMs provided by Acer you will notice about 50 modified packages, recognizable by an lp
suffix in their filename. I have already found one package modified
directly by Acer where the original filename was not modified, so there
may be more. And since neither Acer nor Linpus keep their own
repositories the only choice is to use the Fedora ones if you want to
update or install a package. As a result you'll run into dependency
problems now and then.
I will try to resolve them as i stumble upon them.
#1 gecko-libs
You will receive the following error whenever you try to install a
package that is somehow related to Firefox, or more precisely its gecko
engine: Missing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.16. A package that triggers it is epiphany.
It can be resolved. First of all Firefox 2 has to be removed, which can
only be done via rpm, or else half the system will go with it. Forcing
it via rpm however breaks a few packages. To satisfy their needs a
Fedora version of Firefox 2 is installed and a symlink to the excpected
library path created. Finally yelp is updated, and that's it.
sudo rpm -e --nodeps firefox
sudo yum install firefox
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.16/* /usr/lib/mozilla
sudo yum install yelp#2 notification-daemon-xfce
It manifests itself via the following message: notification-daemon-xfce conflicts with notify-daemon. The good news is that for most packages the problem is fixed with procedure #1. I can only trigger it now via sudo yum update,
which is not recommended anyway because it will turn your system into
Fedora 8 if you're lucky or break it if you're not. Use yum only to
update selected packages, and even then make sure it's not updating one
of the modified ones. I'll put this one hold until another package
complains about it.
#3 gnome-menus
This depedency problem is triggered via f-spot or evolution, displaying the following error message.
file
/usr/share/desktop-directories/Internet.directory from install of
gnome-menus-2.20.3-1.fc8 conflicts with file from package
xfdesktop-acer-lp-1522.no_spot.mcs_patched
file /usr/share/desktop-directories/Settings.directory from install of
gnome-menus-2.20.3-1.fc8 conflicts with file from package
xfdesktop-acer-lp-1522.no_spot.mcs_patched
It's fairly easy to fix. Just download gnome-menus and redhat-menus and
force their installation. Then restore the original content of the
conflicting files.
sudo yum install yum-utils
sudo yumdownloader gnome-menus redhat-menus
cp /usr/share/desktop-directories/* .
sudo rpm -U --force gnome*rpm redhat*rpm
sudo mv *.directory /usr/share/desktop-directories#4 gtk2-devel
Not really a dependency problem but more of a general problem.
Installing gtk2-devel automatically updates the custom gtk2, which
breaks the desktop. Just download it and force the installation via rpm.
sudo yum install yum-utils
sudo yumdownloader --disablerepo=updates,updates-newkey gtk2-devel
sudo rpm --force --nodeps -i gtk2-devel*rpm#5 libpulse
This problem only occured recently and is triggered if you try to install VLC, with the following error message.
Error: Missing Dependency: libpulse.so.0(PULSE_0) is needed by package vlc
Error: Missing Dependency: libopendaap.so.0 is needed by package vlc-core
Error: Missing Dependency: libdvdnav.so.4 is needed by package vlc-core
An explanation can be found here, the solution is to simply use the line below.
sudo yum install fedora-release
1 comment:
Um, all these steps are taken from http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/08/dependency-problems-on-acer-aspire-one.html
This post links to it in passing at the end, but otherwise makes it look as though it is this authors.
Macles spent quite a bit of time posting all about Aspire One issues - you should give full credit.
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