Environment
eDirectory on Linux
Situation
When attempting to install the Novell-NLDAPsdk Runtime Library (novell-NLDAPsdk.rpm / novell-NLDAPsdk-8.8.6.3-2.38.x86_64.rpm) on a Red Hat Linux server running eDirectory, an error is displayed:
error: Failed dependencies:
novell-filesystem is needed by novell-NLDAPsdk-8.8.6.3-2.38.x86_64
Resolution
As stated in the readme for the sdk, the package needs to be installed with the "nodeps" switch, in order to ignore the dependency:
These RPM were plucked directly from the OES distribution and placed here.
Unfortunately, these RPMs have a minor dependency on other RPMs distributed
with OES. Hence, installation of these RPMs will require that this minor
dependency be dropped. This is done by specifiyng the --nodeps option. For
example, to install novell-NLDAPsdk-8.8.6.3-2.38.x86_64.rpm:
# rpm -i --nodeps novell-NLDAPsdk-8.8.6.3-2.38.x86_64.rpm