Problem with nagios-plugin built RPM

[Jim Perrin]

> # perl -MCPAN -e 'install Net::SNMP'
> # /usr/sbin/groupadd nagios
> # /usr/sbin/useradd -r -d /var/log/nagios -s /bin/sh -c "nagios" -g nagios
> nagios
> # cd /usr/src/whitebox/SOURCES
> # wget
> http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/nagiosplug/nagios-plugins-1.4.
> 2.tar.gz
> # tar xzpf nagios-plugins-1.4.2.tar.gz *.spec
> # mv -f nagios-plugins-1.4.2/nagios-plugins.spec ../SPECS/
> # rm -Rf nagios-plugins-1.4.2
> # cd ../SPECS
> # chown 0.0 nagios-plugins.spec
> # rpmbuild -ba nagios-plugins.spec
> # rpm -Uvh ../RPMS/i386/nagios-plugins-1.4.2-1.i386.rpm
>
> But this gives me:
>
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         perl(Net::SNMP) is needed by nagios-plugins-1.4-2.1.el3.rf.i386
>

You've stepped outside of RPM in how you installed the perl
dependencies. RPM has no way of knowing that they're on your system.
That's why you're getting the error.

Either install via source, or install via rpm. Don't mix and match, as
it'll only screw up your system. Since you're using an rpm based
distro, it's best to stick with using rpm to install things, and using
the repositories someone else was nice enough to post already.

> I then check:
>
> # perl -MCPAN -e 'install Net::SNMP'
> CPAN: Storable loaded ok
> Going to read /root/.cpan/Metadata
>   Database was generated on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 01:01:00 GMT
> Net::SNMP is up to date.
>
> Why is it complaining about Net::SNMP ??
>
> I also tried:
>
> # rpm -qa | grep net-snmp
>
> net-snmp-libs-5.1.2-11
> net-snmp-devel-5.1.2-11
> net-snmp-perl-5.1.2-11
> net-snmp-utils-5.1.2-11
> net-snmp-5.1.2-11
>
> Where is the problem ??
>
> Regards
>
> /Brian
>
>
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Jim Perrin
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