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Missing multiple perl dependencies

I'm trying to install perfSONAR using their official instructions here. When I run yum install perfSONAR-Bundles-Complete I get dozens of errors like the following:

Error: Package: perl-perfSONAR_PS-Toolkit-ntp-3.5.0.5-1.pSPS.noarch (Internet2)
           Requires: perl(Params::Validate)
Error: Package: perl-perfSONAR_PS-Toolkit-3.5.0.5-1.pSPS.noarch (Internet2)
           Requires: perl(Template)
Error: Package: perl-perfSONAR-graphs-3.5.0.1-1.pSPS.noarch (Internet2)
           Requires: perl(Data::UUID)
Error: Package: perl-perfSONAR_PS-RegularTesting-3.5-1.pSPS.noarch (Internet2)
           Requires: perl(Data::UUID)
Error: Package: perl-perfSONAR_PS-Toolkit-Library-3.5.0.5-1.pSPS.noarch (Internet2)
           Requires: perl(Params::Validate)
Error: Package: perl-perfSONAR_PS-LSCacheDaemon-3.4.2-1.pSPS.noarch (Internet2)
           Requires: perl(Params::Validate)
Error: Package: perl-perfSONAR_PS-RegularTesting-3.5-1.pSPS.noarch (Internet2)
           Requires: perl(Module::Load)
Error: Package: perl-DateTime-Format-ISO8601-0.07-7.el6.noarch (epel)
           Requires: perl(DateTime)

Perl Version:

# perl --version
This is perl, v5.10.1 (*) built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi

Repositories:

# yum repolist
Loaded plugins: changelog, priorities, ps, security
repo id                     repo name                                                              status
Internet2                   Internet2 RPM Repository - software.internet2.edu - main                 333
epel                        Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - x86_64                         11796
epel-debuginfo              Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - x86_64 - Debug                  2216
epel-source                 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - x86_64 - Source                    0
repolist: 17413

I'm running this on a RHEL 6 machine.

The Quesion: What do I need to do to resolve the many perl dependency problems listed above?

Solution

  • Thanks to @Etan Reisner for the tip to get me headed in the right direction.

    The RHEL 6 installation was missing it's base repo. I opted to add the centos base repo since that's what perfSONAR is expecting. While this may not be the *best solution it was able to fix my problem.

    Copy the following into /etc/yum.repos.d/centos.repo

    [centos]
name=CentOS $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/centos/6/os/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

    Then do a yum clean all and the yum install perfSonar worked!