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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Ian White
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