On Wed Oct 28 1998 17:42, "Nuno Ferreira" wrote:
> I realize thi is a newbie question, but please, bear with me.
> I have Red Hat Linux 5.0 with kernel 2.0.31and XFree86 3.3.1. I must
> upgrade XFree86 to the 3.3.2 version because it's the only one that
> supports my Matrox Millenium II AGP. What's the best way to do that ?
> Should I first uninstall the older version with rpm -e [XFreeFile] and then
> install my new version with rpm -i [XFreeFile]?
No, don't do it like that... there are too many packages dependent on
XFree86 and rpm won't let you do that unless you --force it.
I guess you can do that, but you better know what you are doing :)
Better to do it like this:
rpm -Uh Xfree86*.i386.rpm
That will upgrade (and replace) and it should work smoothly.
> The only files I have from the new version are the
> XFree86-3.3.2.3-23.i386.rpm, XFree86-SVGA-3.3.2.3-23.i386.rpm and the
> XFree86-VGA16-3.3.2.3-23.i386.rpm.
Build 23? Ahh, I guess you got these from the rawhide distribution :)
You probably also need to upgrade other things like the fonts, development
and runtime libraries, X11R6-contrib, Xaw3d, and Xconfigurator. (And Xvfb
and Xnest as well if you use them).
Cheers
Tony
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