Missing dependencies

[FONTAINBLEAU]

Hello again, I have at the moment 3 updates waiting in pup to be installed but when I try to install them I get the message "error resolving dependencies". The 3 updates are (1) pidgin package update, (2) cups package, (3) open office org. If whoever can help needs all the details from the "error" message, I will type them out, but at the moment I'm hoping there is a 'general' solution.
My os is fedora 8.
Many thanks
Fontainbleau.

[JohnVV]

Reading the FULL error message is the only way we can help
there is no need to type it .just run

su -
yum update

and copy/paste the error message here

[FONTAINBLEAU]

[Hope this will help, and thank you.
QUOTE=JohnVV;1108215]Reading the FULL errMissing Dependency: cyrus-sasl-plain is needed by package libpurple-2.5.1-3.fc8.i386 (updates-newkey)
Missing Dependency: hsqldb is needed by package 1:openoffice.org-core-2.3.0-6.17.fc8.i386 (updates-newkey)
Missing Dependency: libhunspell-1.1.so.0 is needed by package 1:openoffice.org-core-2.3.0-6.17.fc8.i386 (updates-newkey)
Missing Dependency: libwpd >= 0.8.0 is needed by package 1:openoffice.org-writer-2.3.0-6.17.fc8.i386 (updates-newkey)
Missing Dependency: libsilcclient-1.0.so.1 is needed by package libpurple-2.5.1-3.fc8.i386 (updates-newkey)
Missing Dependency: hunspell-en is needed by package 1:openoffice.org-core-2.3.0-6.17.fc8.i386 (updates-newkey)
Missing Dependency: libdns_sd.so.1 is needed by package 1:cups-1.3.9-1.fc8.i386 (updates-newkey)
Missing Dependency: libwpd-0.8.so.8 is needed by package 1:openoffice.org-writer-2.3.0-6.17.fc8.i386 (updates-newkey)
Missing Dependency: libtextcat.so.0 is needed by package 1:openoffice.org-core-2.3.0-6.17.fc8.i386 (updates-newkey)
Missing Dependency: liberation-fonts is needed by package 1:openoffice.org-core-2.3.0-6.17.fc8.i386 (updates-newkey)
Missing Dependency: libsilc-1.0.so.2 is needed by package libpurple-2.5.1-3.fc8.i386 (updates-newkey)
Missing Dependency: paps >= 0.6.6-9 is needed by package 1:cups-1.3.9-1.fc8.i386 (updates-newkey)
Missing Dependency: xalan-j2 is needed by package 1:openoffice.org-core-2.3.0-6.17.fc8.i386 (updates-newkey)
Missing Dependency: bsh is needed by package 1:openoffice.org-core-2.3.0-6.17.fc8.i386 (updates-newkey)
Missing Dependency: libmeanwhile.so.1 is needed by package libpurple-2.5.1-3.fc8.i386 (updates-newkey)
Missing Dependency: cyrus-sasl-md5 is needed by package libpurple-2.5.1-3.fc8.i386 (updates-newkey)or message is the only way we can help
there is no need to type it .just run

su -
yum update[

and copy/paste the error message here[/QUOTE]

[bob]

(moved to General Support)

[FONTAINBLEAU]

Can anyone tell me what the point is of having 'updates' continually coming up on the desk top when most of them you can't download because of missing dependencies. Is it possible to stop these useless reminders and manage with what we've got?.
Hopefully, some-one will have an answer.
Many thanks

Fontainbleau

[leigh123linux]

Thread merged.