Re: [SLUG] RPM complaints while trying to install XFree86 4.2.0

[James Gregory <james@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 22:38, lukekendall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On  2 Sep, To: Martin wrote:
> >  We'll see how I go. 
> 
> Well, I tried a semi-tentative install:
> 
> rpm -i --nodeps --replacefiles XF* font* free*
> 
> Now I seem to have parts of both 4.1.0 and 4.2.0, though everything
> seems to be working.  Any suggestion on the safest way to get rid of
> the older rpms without disturbing the new?  Is it as simple as
> rpm -e XFree86-4.1.0-25, etc?  (And try to find 4.2.0 versions of the
> missing pieces?)

If you're going to do that you're much better off asking rpm to upgrade
rather than install. Grab your rpms and do

rpm -UVh --force XF* font* free*

then if there's an old version on the system it will be replaced by the
new one.

HTH

James.