I was trying to install xtrabackup version 2.4.8 on my centos 6.4 which resulted with following errors,
[root@dbtest3 ~]# yum install percona-xtrabackup-24.x86_64
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.dhakacom.com
* extras: mirror.dhakacom.com
* updates: mirror.dhakacom.com
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package percona-xtrabackup-24.x86_64 0:2.4.8-1.el6 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: rsync for package: percona-xtrabackup-24-2.4.8-1.el6.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libev.so.4()(64bit) for package: percona-xtrabackup-24-2.4.8-1.el6.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package percona-xtrabackup-24.x86_64 0:2.4.8-1.el6 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libev.so.4()(64bit) for package: percona-xtrabackup-24-2.4.8-1.el6.x86_64
---> Package rsync.x86_64 0:3.0.6-12.el6 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: percona-xtrabackup-24-2.4.8-1.el6.x86_64 (percona-release-x86_64)
Requires: libev.so.4()(64bit)
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
From the above error it is clear that i am missing the following dependencies :-
rsync