On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe wrote: > >I think RPM has some option to reinstall a package and overwrite > >existing files. Use it if possible. > > > >If not, and you need to uninstall gtk, you whould use the --nodeps > >option, and make sure you replace it with the same version as you > >removed, or else other programs may fail. > > Hold on to your horses man! Don't go around advising people to use --force > and --nodeps unless they are absolutely sure they know how RPM works and > how important dependencies are!! >
I said uninstall it AND REPLACE IT WITH THE SAME VERSION YOU REMOVED. > >You might also need to re-run ldconfig. (Or maybe RPM does it for > >you... > > Most likely that this will not be needed. > > > I don't know, I'm more a tarball fan.) > > And I am an apt-get fan .... yeeeehaawwww!!! > > As far as tarballs go, I preferred "rpm -bb" on my old RHL box, but havn't > yet figured out how to created debs on my Debian box. > > SameerDS. > -- > > MTech Student, > Reconfigurable Computing Lab, > KReSIT, IIT-Bombay > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- Regards, Vinay Pai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "The specs said 'Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux!" _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
