I am trying to install the MRTG on my Raq 4i with no luck.

[admin mrtg]$ rpm -ivh mrtg-2.9.6-2.i386.rpm
failed to open /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm: Permission denied

error: cannot open /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm

Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?

Matt

Try and install it as root

I thought I was logged in as root? I am logged in as admin with my adminstration password. How do I change to root?

Matt

su -

You will then be prompted for a password. The root password is normally the admin password.

Frank

type su then hit enter
it will ask for the root password again

EDIT: beat me too it :cool:

well technicaly, you should type "su -" not "su". The "-" causes the roots profile to be executed. Otherwise you still have admin's profile.

Frank

Now I get:

[root mrtg]# rpm -ivh mrtg-2.9.6-2.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
libpng.so.2 is needed by mrtg-2.9.6-2

Any ideas?

Matt

Yep,

You need libpng installed also. png is a graphics library.

Frank

I have:

libpng.so.3

It came with:

Webalizer Release 2.01.6-2

Why won't it work?

Thanks

Matt

Originally posted by hci
I have:

libpng.so.3

It came with:

Webalizer Release 2.01.6-2

Why won't it work?

Thanks

Matt

And


libpng.so.2 is needed by mrtg-2.9.6-2


No. The .3 and .2 in the extension are part of the version information. Since you are installing a RPM (precompiled version) it was compiled with a specific version of libpng. Normally that exact same version needs to be installed on your box in order for the RPM to work.

You could try to compile MRTG from source and then it should be able to use your current version of libpng.

Frank

You could try to compile MRTG from source and then it should be able to use your current version of libpng.

How do I do that? I downloaded the rpm with source then did:

rpm -ivh ..src.rpm

Either it installed very fast and I cannot find it or it did not work.

Mat

It should be:
rpm --rebuild ..src.rpm

That will build an rpm, and it will end up in
/etc/src/redhat/somewhere.
Not sure about that path :)

Also, the rebuild may fail cause the compiler stuff on the raq is outdated. I stepped onto that funstuff when rebuilding mysql :rolleyes:

[root mrtg]# rpm --rebuild mrtg-2.9.17-4.src.rpm
Installing mrtg-2.9.17-4.src.rpm
Unable to open /usr/lib/rpm/macros.perl: No such file or directory


It just keeps getting better. Any idea what now?

Thanks

Matt

Originally posted by hci


It just keeps getting better. Any idea what now?

Thanks

Matt

Why not simply install MRTG from source instead of using an RPM not built for your system?

Why not simply install MRTG from source instead of using an RPM not built for your system?

It chokes on that too. Complains that some files are not up to date. I forget exactlly what but something it did not like. I think it was in dev folder that was out of date when using source.

Matt

Ok then.

Where did you get that rpm from? Are there any other versions? Have you checked http://rpmfind.net for a version that IS compatible with your raq?

It's either that, or start updating who-knows-what to get that thing working.

I went to rpmfind.com and searched for mrtg. I then tried to build then install every single rpm they had that came with source. Some would build none would install.

I tried the latest rpm with source from mrtg.org website. It gave me this error towards the end of the build.


error: failed dependencies:
gd <= 1.3.9 is needed by mrtg-2.9.17-1.rh6
libgd.so.1 is needed by mrtg-2.9.17-1.rh6


Any suggestions? Perhaps if I threaten the Raq 4i with a big hammer?

Thanks

Matthew

Originally posted by hci
I went to rpmfind.com and searched for mrtg. I then tried to build then install every single rpm they had that came with source. Some would build none would install.

I tried the latest rpm with source from mrtg.org website. It gave me this error towards the end of the build.



Any suggestions? Perhaps if I threaten the Raq 4i with a big hammer?

Thanks

Matthew

I'll still say that installing from source is the easiest. I have done so on several RaQ4s without any problems.

I'll still say that installing from source is the easiest. I have done so on several RaQ4s without any problems.

Do you know what version MRTG you used?

Thanks

Matt

Originally posted by hci


Do you know what version MRTG you used?

Thanks

Matt

I normally use the newest one available... I just logged in to one of our RaQ4s, and it's running 2.9.17...

I normally use the newest one available... I just logged in to one of our RaQ4s, and it's running 2.9.17...

I was using the ...src.rpm version unstead of the complete source code. I got it to install now.

Thanks!

Matthew