libssl.so & libssl.so req'd for rpm install

[Iain Calder]

Ken wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I guess this is kind of a follow up from my last message; I'm trying
> to install python 2.1-5 off the rpm, which I'm assuming will work fine
> if it can work out its dependencies.  It's failing on the following
> dependencies:
> 
> libcrypto.so.0.9.6
> libssl.so.0.9.6
> 
> I previously didn't have these files installed, but I managed to
> install the right RPM, and they are now there:
> 
> /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.6
> /usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.6
> 
> ...yes the RPM install still fails.  I'm running on a farily minimal
> clean install of RH7.1.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> TIA!
> 
> kc

I haven't tried to install 2.1-5, but this worked for me with 2.1-4 on
RH 7.1:

1) Download the source rpm python2-2.1-4.src.rpm 
2) rpm --rebuild python2-2.1-4.src.rpm
3) rpm -i /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/python2-2.1-4.i386.rpm
4) rpm -i /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/python2-devel-2.1-4.i386.rpm

Iain