I have a redhat server that isnt resolving dependencies correctly.

I want to install httpd via yum "yum install httpd" and it installs correctly, but when i go to start httpd I get the following error:

/sbin/service httpd restart

Stopping httpd:                                            [FAILED]
Starting httpd: /usr/sbin/httpd: error while loading shared libraries: libaprutil-1.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
                                                           [FAILED]

It is missing the dependency for apr-util package.

Weirdly the i386 package is installed and not the x86_64 package. Can anyone shed any light on why the dependencies might not be resolved correctly?

ldd /usr/sbin/httpd
    libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00002b02370db000)
    libpcre.so.0 => /lib64/libpcre.so.0 (0x00002b023735e000)
    libselinux.so.1 => /lib64/libselinux.so.1 (0x00002b023757a000)
    libaprutil-1.so.0 => not found
    libcrypt.so.1 => /lib64/libcrypt.so.1 (0x00002b0237793000)
    libldap-2.3.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libldap-2.3.so.0 (0x00002b02379cb000)
    liblber-2.3.so.0 => /usr/lib64/liblber-2.3.so.0 (0x00002b0237c06000)
    libdb-4.3.so => /lib64/libdb-4.3.so (0x00002b0237e14000)
    libexpat.so.0 => /lib64/libexpat.so.0 (0x00002b0238109000)
    libapr-1.so.0 => not found
    libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x00002b023832c000)
    libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00002b0238547000)
    libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00002b023874c000)
    libsepol.so.1 => /lib64/libsepol.so.1 (0x00002b0238aa3000)
    /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002b0236ebe000)
    libresolv.so.2 => /lib64/libresolv.so.2 (0x00002b0238ce9000)
    libsasl2.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libsasl2.so.2 (0x00002b0238eff000)
    libssl.so.6 => /lib64/libssl.so.6 (0x00002b0239118000)
    libcrypto.so.6 => /lib64/libcrypto.so.6 (0x00002b0239364000)
    libgssapi_krb5.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libgssapi_krb5.so.2 (0x00002b02396b6000)
    libkrb5.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libkrb5.so.3 (0x00002b02398e4000)
    libcom_err.so.2 => /lib64/libcom_err.so.2 (0x00002b0239b79000)
    libk5crypto.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libk5crypto.so.3 (0x00002b0239d7c000)
    libz.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libz.so.1 (0x00002b0239fa1000)
    libkrb5support.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libkrb5support.so.0 (0x00002b023a1b5000)
    libkeyutils.so.1 => /lib64/libkeyutils.so.1 (0x00002b023a3be000)

yet this is the i386 package

apr-util-1.2.7-11.el5.i386 : Apache Portable Runtime Utility library
Repo        : installed
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/lib/libaprutil-1.so.0

UPDATE:
Just to update, I am hosting my own repo on a cobbler server also, but that was created correctly and im not sure if this would cause any problems with dep solving?

UPDATE2:
I have changed the debug level to 10 to see what i get via yum, here is the output.

im pretty sure there should be an entry other than none, but not sure what it should be…

Resolving Dependencies
Running "preresolve" handler for "security" plugin
--> Running transaction check
---> Package httpd.x86_64 0:2.2.3-31.el5 set to be updated
Checking deps for httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('initscripts', 'GE', ('0', '8.36', None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('rtld(GNU_HASH)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('/etc/mime.types', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('/bin/bash', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('/bin/sh', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('textutils', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('/sbin/chkconfig', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('/bin/rm', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('/bin/sh', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('/bin/mv', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('/usr/share/magic.mime', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('/usr/sbin/useradd', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('/usr/bin/find', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libcrypt.so.1(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('sh-utils', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('gawk', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('/bin/mktemp', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libc.so.6()(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libpcre.so.0()(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libdb-4.3.so()(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libcrypto.so.6()(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libexpat.so.0()(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libselinux.so.1()(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libm.so.6()(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libssl.so.6()(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('liblber-2.3.so.0()(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libdl.so.2()(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libaprutil-1.so.0()(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libz.so.1()(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libcrypt.so.1()(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libapr-1.so.0()(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libpthread.so.0()(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
looking for ('libldap-2.3.so.0()(64bit)', None, (None, None, None)) as a requirement of httpd.x86_64 0-2.2.3-31.el5 - u
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependency Process ending
Depsolve time: 0.811