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Installig git on CentOS 6 fails with Requires: libcurl.so.3()(64bit)

Today I had to install git on one server running on CentOS 6, but yum install git returned the following error:

Error: Package: git-1.7.12.4-1.el5.rf.x86_64 (rpmforge)
Requires: libcurl.so.3()(64bit)

To fix this bug you have to run this command:

and then confirm the removal of that package:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package rpmforge-release.x86_64 0:0.5.3-1.el5.rf will be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                                                       Arch                                                Version                                                      Repository                                              Size
=============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Removing:
 rpmforge-release                                              x86_64                                              0.5.3-1.el5.rf                                               @rpmforge                                               13 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Remove        1 Package(s)

Installed size: 13 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Erasing    : rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el5.rf.x86_64                                                                                                                                                                                    1/1
  Verifying  : rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el5.rf.x86_64                                                                                                                                                                                    1/1

Removed:
  rpmforge-release.x86_64 0:0.5.3-1.el5.rf

Complete!
[root@hosted-by boot]#

After that the standard yum install git will work just fine!