gnome-libs rpm install fails for needed dependencies of libdb.so.2 and libpng.so.2

Greetings:

Yes, I know this issue has been posted about lots of times before, but my scenario seems to be a little different.

In my case, the soft-links libdb.so.2 and libpng.so.2 DO exist, they already existed in /usr/lib !

          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Jul  1 08:49 libdb.so.2 -> libgdbm.so.2.0.0

          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jul  1 08:49 libpng.so.2 -> libpng.so.3.10.0

But, when I try to install the gnome-libs package, I get this:

          $ sudo rpm -i gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-44.2.i386.rpm

          warning: gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-44.2.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID b38a8516

          error: Failed dependencies:

                  libdb.so.2 is needed by gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-44.2.i386