Saranya Sivakumar <sarlavk(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> I tried to install the devel rpm from
> http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/download/mirrors-ftp?file=binary%2Fv8.1.3%2Flinux%2Frpms%2Ffedora%2Ffedora-core-5%2Fpostgresql-devel-8.1.3-1PGDG.i686.rpm,
> but got the following error
> error: Failed dependencies:
> postgresql = 8.1.3 is needed by postgresql-devel-8.1.3-1PGDG.i686
Well, where did you get your other Postgres RPMs from? You need a
matching set (all the same version). My guess is that you are using
the Fedora RPMs, in which case "yum install" is the way to fetch another
RPM.
regards, tom lane