[R-sig-Fedora] Updating R on RHL5

[Christos Hatzis]

Thank you Marc.

That's right, my subscription to RHEL has lapsed as this system has
remained unused for a couple of years and I am debating whether it would
be worth it for the occasional use.

My apologies if this question is off-topic but is there a way to switch
from RHEL to EPEL for system updates now or this is much more involved.
Any direction or pointers are appreciated.

Thanks again.
-Christos

On Tue, 2012-12-18 at 17:32 -0600, Marc Schwartz wrote:
> On Dec 18, 2012, at 5:09 PM, Christos Hatzis <chatzis-rhel at nuverabio.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I haven't used my system in a while now and wanted to update R.
> > Running yum update R fails because of missing dependency texinfo-tex
> > I have installed the EPEL yum repo configurations but
> > yum install texinfo-tex does not find the package.
> > How can I install that missing package?
> > 
> > Any help is appreciated.
> > Thanks.
> > -Christos
> > 
> > ## ===========================================
> > 
> > [root at localhost ~]# yum update R
> > Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
> > There was an error communicating with RHN.
> > RHN support will be disabled.
> > Error communicating with server. The message was:
> > 
> > Error Message:
> >        Please run rhn_register as root on this client
> > Error Class Code: 9
> > Error Class Info: Invalid System Credentials.
> > Explanation:
> >     An error has occurred while processing your request. If this
> > problem
> >     persists please enter a bug report at bugzilla.redhat.com.
> >     If you choose to submit the bug report, please be sure to include
> >     details of what you were trying to do when this error occurred and
> >     details on how to reproduce this problem.
> > 
> > Skipping security plugin, no data
> > Setting up Update Process
> > Resolving Dependencies
> > There are unfinished transactions remaining. You might consider running
> > yum-complete-transaction first to finish them.
> > The program yum-complete-transaction is found in the yum-utils package.
> > Skipping security plugin, no data
> > --> Running transaction check
> > ---> Package R.x86_64 0:2.15.2-1.el5 set to be updated
> > --> Processing Dependency: libRmath-devel = 2.15.2-1.el5 for package: R
> > --> Processing Dependency: R-devel = 2.15.2-1.el5 for package: R
> > --> Running transaction check
> > ---> Package R-devel.x86_64 0:2.15.2-1.el5 set to be updated
> > --> Processing Dependency: R-core = 2.15.2-1.el5 for package: R-devel
> > --> Processing Dependency: texinfo-tex for package: R-devel
> > ---> Package libRmath-devel.x86_64 0:2.15.2-1.el5 set to be updated
> > --> Processing Dependency: libRmath = 2.15.2-1.el5 for package:
> > libRmath-devel
> > --> Running transaction check
> > ---> Package R-core.x86_64 0:2.15.2-1.el5 set to be updated
> > ---> Package R-devel.x86_64 0:2.15.2-1.el5 set to be updated
> > --> Processing Dependency: texinfo-tex for package: R-devel
> > ---> Package libRmath.x86_64 0:2.15.2-1.el5 set to be updated
> > --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> > R-devel-2.15.2-1.el5.x86_64 from epel has depsolving problems
> >  --> Missing Dependency: texinfo-tex is needed by package
> > R-devel-2.15.2-1.el5.x86_64 (epel)
> > Error: Missing Dependency: texinfo-tex is needed by package
> > R-devel-2.15.2-1.el5.x86_64 (epel)
> > You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
> > You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
> >                        package-cleanup --dupes
> >                        rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
> > The program package-cleanup is found in the yum-utils package.
> > [root at localhost ~]#
> 
> 
> I don't use RHEL, but a quick search suggests that texinfo is part of the RHEL default yum repos. The error message above regarding the RHN (Red Hat Network) might be consistent with a lapse in your support agreement with RH, which is a paid service.
> 
> Thus, you might want to verify that your support agreement is still active and/or that you have the correct login credentials for the service. If not, you will have to renew and/or correct the login information. The EPEL does not require these.
> 
> If it is still active, you might try running a full system update, since you may have other out of date components, contributing to the problem. That should be:
> 
>   yum update
> 
> Once you have resolved these issues, you can then install/update R.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Marc Schwartz
> 
> 
-- 
Christos Hatzis, Ph.D.
Nuvera Biosciences
Woburn, MA 01801