yum complains (incorrectly?) of MySql dependencies

Question

I'm trying to install Zenoss Core - following the instructions in the installation manual, but it complains on dependencies which seems it should not. Looks like it is not looking at the locally installed packages.

Could you suggest a way to change the yum command to get around this problem?

To illustrate, even though all my installed MySql RPMs are of version 5.6.10-1.el6

[root@ip-10-110-175-98 tmp]# rpm -qa | grep -i mysql
MySQL-server-5.6.10-1.el6.x86_64
MySQL-shared-5.6.10-1.el6.x86_64
MySQL-client-5.6.10-1.el6.x86_64

Still, I get the below errors complaining that they are not >= 5.5.13

[root@ip-10-110-175-98 tmp]# yum -y --nogpgcheck --enablerepo=epel localinstall zenoss-4.2.0.el6.x86_64.rpm
Loaded plugins: amazon-id, product-id, rhui-lb, security, subscription-manager
Updating certificate-based repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity
Setting up Local Package Process
Examining zenoss-4.2.0.el6.x86_64.rpm: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
Marking zenoss-4.2.0.el6.x86_64.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package zenoss.x86_64 0:4.2.0-1586.el6 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: memcached >= 1.4.4 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: mysql-client >= 5.5.13 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: mysql-server >= 5.5.13 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: mysql-shared >= 5.5.13 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: nagios-plugins >= 1.4.15 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: nagios-plugins-dig >= 1.4.15 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: nagios-plugins-dns >= 1.4.15 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: nagios-plugins-http >= 1.4.15 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: nagios-plugins-ircd >= 1.4.15 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: nagios-plugins-ldap >= 1.4.15 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: nagios-plugins-ntp >= 1.4.15 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: nagios-plugins-perl >= 1.4.15 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: nagios-plugins-ping >= 1.4.15 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: nagios-plugins-rpc >= 1.4.15 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: nagios-plugins-tcp >= 1.4.15 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: net-snmp >= 5.3.2.2-9 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: net-snmp-utils >= 5.3.2.2-9 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: liberation-fonts-common for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: liberation-mono-fonts for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: liberation-sans-fonts for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: liberation-serif-fonts for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libgcj for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: sysstat for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package liberation-fonts-common.noarch 0:1.05.1.20090721-5.el6 will be installed
---> Package liberation-mono-fonts.noarch 0:1.05.1.20090721-5.el6 will be installed
---> Package liberation-sans-fonts.noarch 0:1.05.1.20090721-5.el6 will be installed
---> Package liberation-serif-fonts.noarch 0:1.05.1.20090721-5.el6 will be installed
---> Package libgcj.x86_64 0:4.4.6-4.el6 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libart_lgpl >= 2.1.0 for package: libgcj-4.4.6-4.el6.x86_64
---> Package memcached.x86_64 0:1.4.4-3.el6 will be installed
---> Package nagios-plugins.x86_64 0:1.4.16-5.el6 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: nagios-common >= 3.3.1-1 for package: nagios-plugins-1.4.16-5.el6.x86_64
---> Package nagios-plugins-dig.x86_64 0:1.4.16-5.el6 will be installed
---> Package nagios-plugins-dns.x86_64 0:1.4.16-5.el6 will be installed
---> Package nagios-plugins-http.x86_64 0:1.4.16-5.el6 will be installed
---> Package nagios-plugins-ircd.x86_64 0:1.4.16-5.el6 will be installed
---> Package nagios-plugins-ldap.x86_64 0:1.4.16-5.el6 will be installed
---> Package nagios-plugins-ntp.x86_64 0:1.4.16-5.el6 will be installed
---> Package nagios-plugins-perl.x86_64 0:1.4.16-5.el6 will be installed
---> Package nagios-plugins-ping.x86_64 0:1.4.16-5.el6 will be installed
---> Package nagios-plugins-rpc.x86_64 0:1.4.16-5.el6 will be installed
---> Package nagios-plugins-tcp.x86_64 0:1.4.16-5.el6 will be installed
---> Package net-snmp.x86_64 1:5.5-41.el6_3.1 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: net-snmp-libs = 1:5.5-41.el6_3.1 for package: 1:net-snmp-5.5-41.el6_3.1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libsensors.so.4()(64bit) for package: 1:net-snmp-5.5-41.el6_3.1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libnetsnmptrapd.so.20()(64bit) for package: 1:net-snmp-5.5-41.el6_3.1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libnetsnmpmibs.so.20()(64bit) for package: 1:net-snmp-5.5-41.el6_3.1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libnetsnmphelpers.so.20()(64bit) for package: 1:net-snmp-5.5-41.el6_3.1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libnetsnmpagent.so.20()(64bit) for package: 1:net-snmp-5.5-41.el6_3.1.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libnetsnmp.so.20()(64bit) for package: 1:net-snmp-5.5-41.el6_3.1.x86_64
---> Package net-snmp-utils.x86_64 1:5.5-41.el6_3.1 will be installed
---> Package sysstat.x86_64 0:9.0.4-20.el6 will be installed
---> Package zenoss.x86_64 0:4.2.0-1586.el6 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: mysql-client >= 5.5.13 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: mysql-server >= 5.5.13 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: mysql-shared >= 5.5.13 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libart_lgpl.x86_64 0:2.3.20-5.1.el6 will be installed
---> Package lm_sensors-libs.x86_64 0:3.1.1-10.el6 will be installed
---> Package nagios-common.x86_64 0:3.4.4-1.el6 will be installed
---> Package net-snmp-libs.x86_64 1:5.5-41.el6_3.1 will be installed
---> Package zenoss.x86_64 0:4.2.0-1586.el6 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: mysql-client >= 5.5.13 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: mysql-server >= 5.5.13 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: mysql-shared >= 5.5.13 for package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64 (/zenoss-4.2.0.el6.x86_64)
           Requires: mysql-server >= 5.5.13
           Available: mysql-server-5.1.47-4.el6.x86_64 (rhui-us-east-1-rhel-server-releases)
               mysql-server = 5.1.47-4.el6
           Available: mysql-server-5.1.52-1.el6_0.1.x86_64 (rhui-us-east-1-rhel-server-releases)
               mysql-server = 5.1.52-1.el6_0.1
           Available: mysql-server-5.1.61-1.el6_2.1.x86_64 (rhui-us-east-1-rhel-server-releases)
               mysql-server = 5.1.61-1.el6_2.1
           Available: mysql-server-5.1.61-4.el6.x86_64 (rhui-us-east-1-rhel-server-releases)
               mysql-server = 5.1.61-4.el6
           Available: mysql-server-5.1.66-1.el6_3.x86_64 (rhui-us-east-1-rhel-server-releases)
               mysql-server = 5.1.66-1.el6_3
           Available: mysql-server-5.1.66-2.el6_3.x86_64 (rhui-us-east-1-rhel-server-releases)
               mysql-server = 5.1.66-2.el6_3
           Available: mysql-server-5.1.67-1.el6_3.x86_64 (rhui-us-east-1-rhel-server-releases)
               mysql-server = 5.1.67-1.el6_3
Error: Package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64 (/zenoss-4.2.0.el6.x86_64)
           Requires: mysql-client >= 5.5.13
Error: Package: zenoss-4.2.0-1586.el6.x86_64 (/zenoss-4.2.0.el6.x86_64)
           Requires: mysql-shared >= 5.5.13
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

Machine is a virtual Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3

My /etc/yum.conf is:

[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum/$basearch/$releasever
keepcache=0
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
plugins=1
installonly_limit=3

#  This is the default, if you make this bigger yum won't see if the metadata
# is newer on the remote and so you'll "gain" the bandwidth of not having to
# download the new metadata and "pay" for it by yum not having correct
# information.
#  It is esp. important, to have correct metadata, for distributions like
# Fedora which don't keep old packages around. If you don't like this checking
# interupting your command line usage, it's much better to have something
# manually check the metadata once an hour (yum-updatesd will do this).
# metadata_expire=90m

# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d

Answer 1

Thanks mmmmmScotch.
I found that the following RPMs coexist without complaints:
zenoss-4.2.3-1695.el6.x86_64
MySQL-server-5.6.10-1.el6.x86_64
MySQL-shared-5.6.10-1.el6.x86_64
MySQL-client-5.5.28-1.linux2.6.x86_64

Answer 2

You need to remove MySQL 5.6.10 and use an older one- 5.5.28-1 (i tried with 5.5.30). make sure you get client, server, and shared. I hit my head on a wall all afternoon on this same issue.

Answer 3

The case doesn't match. Seriously. MySQL and mysql are two totally different packages.

That said, I know nothing about zenoss (I came for the rpm tag). Where did you get your MySQL package to install? I don't know which is the standard format for it, but they probably should have put a virtual %provides tag for mysql...