apache module depends on httpd version already installed

I’m trying to install mod_proxy_html but it complains about wrong version installed…

[root@sillypoo conf]# yum install mod_proxy_html Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * epel: mirror.symnds.com Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package mod_proxy_html.x86_64 2:2.4.6-31.el7.centos.vm will be installed --> Processing Dependency: httpd = 1:2.4.6-31.el7.centos.vm for package: 2:mod_proxy_html-2.4.6-31.el7.centos.vm.x86_64 --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Package: 2:mod_proxy_html-2.4.6-31.el7.centos.vm.x86_64 (virtualmin) Requires: httpd = 1:2.4.6-31.el7.centos.vm Installed: 1:httpd-2.4.6-31.el7.centos.1.vm.x86_64 (@virtualmin) httpd = 1:2.4.6-31.el7.centos.1.vm Available: httpd-2.4.6-40.el7.centos.x86_64 (base) httpd = 2.4.6-40.el7.centos Available: 1:httpd-2.4.6-17.el7.centos.centos.1.vm.x86_64 (virtualmin) httpd = 1:2.4.6-17.el7.centos.centos.1.vm Available: 1:httpd-2.4.6-18.el7.centos.vm.x86_64 (virtualmin) httpd = 1:2.4.6-18.el7.centos.vm Available: 1:httpd-2.4.6-18.el7.centos.vm.1.x86_64 (virtualmin) httpd = 1:2.4.6-18.el7.centos.vm.1 Available: 1:httpd-2.4.6-31.el7.centos.vm.x86_64 (virtualmin) httpd = 1:2.4.6-31.el7.centos.vm You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

So why does virtualmin use httpd-2.4.6-31.el7.centos.1.vm.x86_64 when this package needs httpd-2.4.6-31.el7.centos.vm.x86_64? What is the purpose of the extra .1. in the name of package? Anything I should try?

I was able to get around this problem by doing the following…

yum install --downloadonly --downloaddir=/root/ mod_proxy_html rpm -ivh --nodeps mod_proxy_html-2.4.6-31.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm apachectl restart [root@sillypoo ~]# apachectl -M | grep proxy | grep html proxy_html_module (shared)

Still would like to know why I have to resort to doing that when the versions it required was nearly identical except that oddly placed .1.

Can I update mod_proxy in the same way?
Will it break things in the future?

I’m stuck in a similar problem related to mod_proxy… its Ignoring the timeouts I have set.
https://www.virtualmin.com/node/37659

You can update things this way (using -Uvh option in rpm instead of -ivh) but you do risk breaking things. How easy it is to recover depends on all that it touches but generally you’d have to erase and install older package again if it fails (might need to use force option).

It looks like human error on part of the package-builders, which does happen. I have yet to find a good solution for this type of dependency hell other than --nodeps at some point. If you examine the mod_proxy_html package with the command rpm -q --requires -p mod_proxy_html-2.4.6-31.el7.centos.vm.x86_64.rpm , you will notice it very specifically requires httpd-2.4.6-31.el7.centos.vm.

I usually use a two-step procedure that saves typing. We simply copy-and-paste the path that we get from the first command into the second command.

# repoquery --location mod_proxy_html http://GPL:GPL@software.virtualmin.com/gpl/rhel/7/x86_64/mod_proxy_html-2.4.6-31.el7.centos.vm.x86_64.rpm # rpm -Uvh --nodeps http://GPL:GPL@software.virtualmin.com/gpl/rhel/7/x86_64/mod_proxy_html-2.4.6-31.el7.centos.vm.x86_64.rpm

If you like to live dangerously:

# rpm -Uvh --nodeps `repoquery --location mod_proxy_html`

You can also build and install a little rpm that satisfies specific dependencies. This is not any different than using —nodeps, except that it lets you continue using yum in the normal way to add and remove packages, so it somewhat streamlines your life. Here’s an example spec file that you should definitely not use without editing, it’s just an example.

Name: my-fake-rpm Version: 1.0 Release: 1 Summary: Provide fake dependencies License: Free Group: None BuildArch: noarch Provides: php = 5.6 Provides: httpd = 2.4.6 Provides: anything-else-that-you-need = 1.4.5

%description
%prep
%build
%install
%files
%changelog

Put this in a file called my-fake-rpm.spec and do rpmbuild -ba my-fake-rpm.spec