R SIG Fedora - Jan 2016 - WARNING you cannot build info or html versions of the R manuals

Ah yes, those. Replace the rpm -Uvh with yum update and it should resolve the
dependencies for you. If that fails, just pass all of those deps (in
"") to yum install.

Sorry about that!

On Jan 20, 2016 2:34 AM, Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz>
wrote:
>
> On 20/01/16 18:31, Tom Callaway wrote: 
>
> <SNIP> 
>
> > Download all of them, except for the src.rpm (and the
texinfo-debuginfo
> > package). 
> > 
> > Then, run: 
> > 
> > sudo rpm -Uvh info-6.0-2.fc17.1.x86_64.rpm 
> > perl-File-ShareDir-Install-0.10-3.fc17.noarch.rpm 
> > perl-Module-Install-AuthorRequires-0.02-10.fc17.noarch.rpm 
> > perl-Module-Install-AuthorTests-0.002-10.fc17.noarch.rpm 
> > perl-Module-Install-ManifestSkip-0.24-4.fc17.noarch.rpm 
> > perl-Module-Install-Repository-0.06-10.fc17.noarch.rpm 
> > perl-Module-Manifest-Skip-0.23-4.fc17.noarch.rpm 
> > perl-Module-Package-0.30-9.fc17.noarch.rpm 
> > perl-Module-Package-Au-2-4.fc17.noarch.rpm 
> > perl-Unicode-EastAsianWidth-1.33-6.fc17.noarch.rpm 
> > texinfo-6.0-2.fc17.1.x86_64.rpm texinfo-tex-6.0-2.fc17.1.x86_64.rpm 
>
> Well, it's the story of my life, but things are still not working.? I 
> followed your instructions (as above) and got: 
>
> > error: Failed dependencies: 
> > perl(Module::Install::Base) is needed by
perl-Module-Install-AuthorRequires-0.02-10.fc17.noarch
> > perl(Module::Install) is needed by
perl-Module-Install-AuthorTests-0.002-10.fc17.noarch
> > perl(Module::Install::Base) is needed by
perl-Module-Install-AuthorTests-0.002-10.fc17.noarch
> > perl(Module::Install::Base) is needed by
perl-Module-Install-ManifestSkip-0.24-4.fc17.noarch
> > perl(Module::Install::Base) is needed by
perl-Module-Install-Repository-0.06-10.fc17.noarch
> > perl(File::ShareDir) is needed by
perl-Module-Manifest-Skip-0.23-4.fc17.noarch
> > perl(Moo) >= 0.091013 is needed by
perl-Module-Manifest-Skip-0.23-4.fc17.noarch
> > perl(IO::All) >= 0.41 is needed by
perl-Module-Package-0.30-9.fc17.noarch
> > perl(Module::Install) >= 1.01 is needed by
perl-Module-Package-0.30-9.fc17.noarch
> > perl(Module::Install::Base) is needed by
perl-Module-Package-0.30-9.fc17.noarch
> > perl(Moo) >= 0.009008 is needed by
perl-Module-Package-0.30-9.fc17.noarch
> > perl(Module::Install::GithubMeta) >= 0.10 is needed by
perl-Module-Package-Au-2-4.fc17.noarch
> > perl(Module::Install::ReadmeFromPod) >= 0.12 is needed by
perl-Module-Package-Au-2-4.fc17.noarch
> > perl(Module::Install::ReadmeMarkdownFromPod) >= 0.03 is needed by
perl-Module-Package-Au-2-4.fc17.noarch
> > perl(Pod::Markdown) >= 1.301 is needed by
perl-Module-Package-Au-2-4.fc17.noarch
> > perl(Text::Unidecode) is needed by texinfo-6.0-2.fc17.1.x86_64 
>
>
> If there's an easy fix, please tell me.? Otherwise feel free to say
"Oh
> stuff this for a lark!" and carry on with doing useful things instead
of
> worrying about my crap.? I can certainly live without being able to 
> build info and html versions of the R manuals.? I just wanted to 
> eliminate that annoying little glitch if possible, but it's looking
like
> it's too much of a snarl-up to be repaired with a reasonable amount of 
> effort. 
>
> cheers, 
>
> Rolf 
>
> -- 
> Technical Editor ANZJS 
> Department of Statistics 
> University of Auckland 
> Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276

On 21/01/16 00:35, Tom Callaway wrote:
> Ah yes, those. Replace the rpm -Uvh with yum update and it should
> resolve the dependencies for you. If that fails, just pass all of
> those deps (in "") to yum install.
Success at last!  The first idea failed, the second one worked.

For completeness (for the sake of anyone who's interested --- as 
unlikely as the existence of such people might be) what I did was:
> sudo yum install "info-6.0-2.fc17.1.x86_64.rpm"
> "perl-File-ShareDir-Install-0.10-3.fc17.noarch.rpm"
> "perl-Module-Install-AuthorRequires-0.02-10.fc17.noarch.rpm"
> "perl-Module-Install-AuthorTests-0.002-10.fc17.noarch.rpm"
> "perl-Module-Install-ManifestSkip-0.24-4.fc17.noarch.rpm"
> "perl-Module-Install-Repository-0.06-10.fc17.noarch.rpm"
> "perl-Module-Manifest-Skip-0.23-4.fc17.noarch.rpm"
> "perl-Module-Package-0.30-9.fc17.noarch.rpm"
> "perl-Module-Package-Au-2-4.fc17.noarch.rpm"
> "perl-Unicode-EastAsianWidth-1.33-6.fc17.noarch.rpm"
> "texinfo-6.0-2.fc17.1.x86_64.rpm"
> "texinfo-tex-6.0-2.fc17.1.x86_64.rpm"
Went like a train.

Thanks again.

cheers,

Rolf

-- 
Technical Editor ANZJS
Department of Statistics
University of Auckland
Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276