Re: squirrelmail installation failed

On Fri May 16 2003 at 16:10, "koff 200" wrote:

(that's a lot of koffs:-)

> Hi all,
> I'm using Redhat 7.2.  HTTPD  is running .  And my apache version is
> apache-1.3.27-1.7.2
> When  trying to install squirrelmail -1.2.11-1.noarch.rpm ,  I got message
> like this:
> 
> error: failed dependencies:  HTTPD  is needed by squirrelmail-1.2.11-1.

The squirrelmail rpm was not designed to be installed onto rh72
boxes.  (It was designed for rh8.0 and later).

> I can't  understand  that   HTTPD is Running but ....

... but squirrelmail requires a httpd server to work.

The issue is that in later distributions they changed (in the .spec
file used to build the rpm) the Prereq (pre-requirement) for a web
server from "apache" to a more generic "httpd".  Apache happens to
provide this requirement.

As it turns out, it is possible to install the .noarch.rpm file onto
earlier (pre-rh8.0) distributions with the --nodeps flag and not
have any subsequent problems.

  But a big warning... this is not a general solution -- don't do
  this without knowing exactly what you are doing.  If you are not
  careful, you could install something that simply doesn't work
  (especially with the binary ix86.rpms), or (depending on the
  packate) you could possibly completely screw your system.

To avoid the complaint altogether (and as a general principle for
doing this sort of thing), download and install the .src.rpm file,
cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/, edit the squirrelmail.spec file so that
it says "Prereq: apache, perl".  Now do "rpm -bb squirrelmail.spec"
to re-create a .noarch.rpm that will install without complaints.

Make sure that you are using the most recent rpm version of
squirrelmail (from the redhat errata)... earlier versions have a
known cross-site scripting exploit problem.  (v1.2.11 is fine).  (I
assume that you are using the latest errata update for apache, I
didn't check if 1.3.27-1.7.2 is the most recent one available).

> Thanks for help
> koff

So, in essence... simply do "rpm -Uvh --nodeps" to install the rpm
and you will be fine.

Cheers
Tony