I’m managing several DeLL servers with builtin RAID controllers. They run Linux and, of course, I need to have a view as complete as possible of the system status.
I went on the DeLL website dedicated to “Linux on DeLL hardware” (http://linux.dell.com/) and found some interesting resources.
I downloaded a command line tool to manage the RAID controller: afaapps-2.7-1.i386.rpm. Cool!
Then I installed the RPM and got a dependency failure:
Failed dependency: libartsc.so.0
Google told me that this file came from arts-1.2.2-2.i386.rpm
Description : aRts (Analog Real-Time Synthesizer) is a sound system for KDE. aRts creates and processes sound using small modules that do certain tasks. aRts modules can create waveforms (oscillators), play samples, filter data, add signals, perform effects like delay/flanger/chorus, or output the data to a soundcard. By connecting all of the modules together, you can perform complex tasks like simulating a mixer, generating an instrument, or playing a wave file with effects.
Of course, this RPMS had also several dependencies… 🙁
Question: WHY does a server managment tool need some AUDIO libraries?
Finally, I had to install the aRts libraries with a “–nodeps” and it worked…