[SGVLUG] backup exec remote agent on FC 5?

[Michael Rubel]

I tried "yum search compat-gcc" and see:

compat-gcc-32
compat-gcc-32-c++

and a few others.  Perhaps the package is called "compat-gcc-32-c++" 
rather than just "compat-gcc-c++".  Yum install that instead.  :)

Cheers,
-mike

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006, James Neff wrote:

> Mike,
>
> Thank you very much for your reply.
>
> When I tried yum this is what I got:
>
> yum install compat-gcc-c++
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Setting up Install Process
> Setting up repositories
> extras                                                               [1/3]
> extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> updates                                                              [2/3]
> updates                   100% |=========================| 1.2 kB    00:00
> core                                                                 [3/3]
> core                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> Parsing package install arguments
> No Match for argument: compat-gcc-c++
> Nothing to do
>
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> James
>
>
>
>
>
> Mike Rubel wrote:
>> Hi James,
>> 
>> It's probably easier to let yum take care of the dependencies for you:
>> 
>> yum install compat-gcc-c++
>> 
>> Then do the rpm install of VRTSralus.
>> 
>> Yum is basically a wrapper around rpm that downloads the reqested rpms,
>> figures out what else needs to be installed via a dependency tree, and
>> downloads and installs all of it.  It is the standard way to install
>> software on FC5.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> -mike
>>
>> 
>>> I'm trying to install Backup Exec's remote agent for Linux on my dual 64
>>> bit Opteron system running FC 5.  I called their technical support and
>>> they said they do not support FC 5 nor the 64 bit version on any platform.
>>> 
>>> He sent me a technote with instructions with a disclaimer that I was
>>> basically on my own and they do not support this.  I'm a little
>>> frustrated as we did pay the extra money for support only to find out
>>> that they don't support us.
>>> 
>>> I'm trying to run:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> rpm -Uhv VRTSralus-10.00.5629-0.i386.rpm
>>> error: Failed dependencies:
>>>         libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 is needed by VRTSralus-10.00.5629-0.i386
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The instructions told me I needed to download
>>> compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128.i386.rpm however when I run:
>>> 
>>> rpm -Uhv compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128.i386.rpm
>>> warning: compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature:
>>> NOKEY, key ID 73307de6
>>> error: Failed dependencies:
>>>         compat-gcc = 7.3-2.96.128 is needed by
>>> compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128.i386
>>>         compat-libstdc++ = 7.3 is needed by
>>> compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128.i386
>>>         compat-libstdc++-devel = 7.3 is needed by
>>> compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128.i386
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Should I continue hunting down dependencies or am I doing something wrong?
>>> 
>>> Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do?
>>> 
>>> I had no problems getting the remote agent for linux running on our Sun
>>> Fire system running RHE 3 last year.
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> James
>>> 
>>> 
>>>
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>>
>> 
>
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