Q. I made a mistake and added additional repo under CentOS / RHEL 5.x server. Now when I try to upgrade packages it gives me out broken dependencies / missing dependency error. How do I skip broken packages and apply updates to other installed software’s?
A. packages with broken dependencies is really bad. Yum generally take care of such business, but when you mix additional repos it may give out ‘Missing Dependency’ error under RHEL / CentOS Linux 5.x systems.
You need to add plugin called yum-skip-brokenm which adds a –skip-broken to yum to make it possible to check packages for dependency problems and skip the one with problems.
Install yum-skip-broken
Type the following command as root user:
# yum -y install yum-skip-broken
Sample output:
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.steadfast.net * updates: mirror.steadfast.net * addons: centos-distro.cavecreek.net * extras: mirrors.liquidweb.com Setting up Install Process Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package yum-skip-broken.noarch 0:1.1.10-9.el5.centos set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: yum-skip-broken noarch 1.1.10-9.el5.centos base 11 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 1 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 11 k Downloading Packages: (1/1): yum-skip-broken-1. 100% |=========================| 11 kB 00:00 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing: yum-skip-broken ######################### [1/1] Installed: yum-skip-broken.noarch 0:1.1.10-9.el5.centos Complete!
How to handle skiping packages with dependency problems
Now type the command as follows:
# yum -y upgrade --skip-broken
OR
# yum -y update --skip-broken
3 comment
not working with CentOS 5 :(
“but when you mix additional repos it may give out ‘Missing Dependency’ error under RHEL / CentOS Linux 5.x systems.”
That goes for 6.X too in my experience.
yum –enablerepo=rpmforge –disablerepo=ABC –enablerepo=epel install yum-skip-broken
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
Setting up Install Process
No package yum-skip-broken available.
Error: Nothing to do