No installing works!

I have tried to install numerous new programs, and all of these fail to install.
It accepts the password so I can install something but does not allow me to go on to Add/Remove or install the packages.
So I tried running Pirut & Pup into a terminal and this message appears:

Pirut

[user@localhost ~]$ pirut
Unable to import modules. Maybe you're not running under X?

What does this mean and what do I have to do?

Pup

[user@localhost ~]$ pup
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 32, in <module>
import gtk
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 48, in <module>
from gtk import _gtk
ImportError: /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_assertion_message_expr


Thanks

 

I haven't had trouble installing software with any version of Fedora on my AA1 (Have used F9, F10, F11-rc, and Rawhide), but I don't use either pirut or pup. From a terminal, try sudo yum check-update then sudo yum install <pkg-name> (replace <pkg-name> with the name of the package you want to install).

 

I have the same issue. Caused by installing Chromium using Macles* instructions below:

Code:

wget [url]http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/gcc/4.3.2/7/i386/libstdc++-4.3.2-7.i386.rpm[/url]
wget [url]http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/nspr/4.7.3/2.fc9/i386/nspr-4.7.3-2.fc9.i386.rpm[/url]
wget [url]http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/nss/3.12.2.0/3.fc9/i386/nss-3.12.2.0-3.fc9.i386.rpm[/url]
wget [url]http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/pango/1.20.5/1.fc9/i386/pango-1.20.5-1.fc9.i386.rpm[/url]
wget [url]http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/cairo/1.6.4/1.fc9/i386/cairo-1.6.4-1.fc9.i386.rpm[/url]
wget [url]http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/pixman/0.10.0/1.fc9/i386/pixman-0.10.0-1.fc9.i386.rpm[/url]
sudo rpm -U libstdc* nspr* nss* pango* cairo* pix*

sudo ln -s /lib/libnss3.so /lib/libnss3.so.1d
sudo ln -s /lib/libnssutil3.so /lib/libnssutil3.so.1d
sudo ln -s /lib/libsmime3.so /lib/libsmime3.so.1d
sudo ln -s /lib/libssl3.so /lib/libssl3.so.1d
sudo ln -s /lib/libplds4.so /lib/libplds4.so.0d
sudo ln -s /lib/libplc4.so /lib/libplc4.so.0d
sudo ln -s /lib/libnspr4.so /lib/libnspr4.so.0d

Download Chromium and extract it.

Code:

wget -N [url]http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-linux/16851/chrome-linux.zip[/url]

Code:

sudo unzip -o chrome-linux.zip -d /opt
sudo chown -R user /opt/chrome-linux

Open an editor.

Code:

sudo mousepad /usr/share/applications/chromium.desktop

Paste the following lines into the editor and save the file.

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Chromium
Comment=Chromium
Exec=/opt/chrome-linux/chrome
Icon=/opt/chrome-linux/chrome.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application

Download an icon and add it to the desktop.

Code:

wget [url]http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/app/theme/chromium/product_logo_256.png[/url]

sudo mv product_logo_256.png /opt/chrome-linux/chrome.png
dca add 10 "file='/usr/share/applications/chromium.desktop'"

Does anybody know how to fix this? :cry:

 

Ok Macles has come through with a solution:

Error is because there is a mismatch of libraries...in this case pango.

To correct it:

Code:

wget [url]http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/pango/1.18.4/1.fc8/i386/pango-1.18.4-1.fc8.i386.rpm[/url]

and then:

Code:

sudo rpm -U pango-1.18.4-1.fc8.i386.rpm --force

in a terminal window
This will disable chromium or whatever you tried to install. Macles says you could flip the libraries again if you needed to. See his blog for more details Comments in "Google Chrome (Chromium) for Linux" article.

Regards
Tim