That is what I done first but it says that several of the other parts of
XFree86 need version 4.0.3. I don't know why the whole XFree isn't one
package so it could upgrade the whole thing at once.
> From: Ian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 13:33:46 -0700 (PDT)
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Upgrading to XFree86 4.1.0
>
>
> For starters, never ever ever ever ever ever use --force or --nodeps.
> Everything has proper depenancies to make sure you don't have errors. When
> you try and force your way around that, odds are you're going to break
> something. If you can't figure out a dependency, post the error message
> here so somebody can tell you what additional RPM you need.
>
> Download the XFree86 packages mentioned below. Them from a command line,
> ask it to upgrade them. Something like:
> rpm -Uvh XFree86*
>
> If it complains about a dependency, add whatever is missing to the end of
> the command line, after the XFree86*. Just don't force anything and then
> complain that it isn't working..
>
> What does the output of this show:
> rpm -q -a |grep XFree86
>
> Ian
>
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, David C. Hacker, DVM wrote:
>
>> OK so now I know which RPM's I need but I still don't know how to go about
>> upgrading. If I force install the new ones then I end up with 2 versions
>> installed if I try to erase the old ones I get dependencies errors. Any
>> suggestinos?
>>
>>> From: Brice D Ruth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 10:00:02 -0500
>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Subject: Re: Upgrading to XFree86 4.1.0
>>>
>>> I've tried installing XF-4.1, but I ended up with a configuration that
>>> didn't work - just an FYI. Besides the two RPMs you list below, you
>>> probably need the following as well:
>>>
>>> XFree86-75dpi-fonts
>>> XFree86-100dpi-fonts
>>> XFree86-server
>>> (XFree86-devel) <-- if installed
>>> (XFree86-static) <-- if installed
>>> XFree86-xfs
>>>
>>> To see all the XF RPMs installed on your system, do something like this:
>>>
>>> $ rpm -qa | grep -i xfree86
>>>
>>> HTH
>>> -Brice
>>>
>>> David C. Hacker, DVM wrote:
>>>
>>>> I downloaded the XFree86-4.1.0-2mdk.ppc.rpm and
>>>> XFree86-libs-4.1.0-2mdk.ppc.rpm files and tried to install them with rpm -U
>>>> but got dependency problems. Using --force just gives you 2 installed
>>>> versions when I do rpm -q XFree86. What is the best method to isntall
>>>> these
>>>> RPM's and get rid of the old XFree86 4.03? Thanks
>>>> David
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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