On Thursday 07 October 2004 09:23 am, JoeHill wrote:
> I wanted to install an updated version of Imlib2 (see 'Python help'
> thread).
>
> At first, I built it, made a checkinstall RPM, did an rpm -Uvh <new
> Imlib2>, and it installed okay.
>
> Then I realized I had built it without using --prefix=/usr (bangs head
> against table, table breaks).
>
> So, I uninstalled it with 'rpm -e --nodeps', intending to rebuild imlib2
> properly and reinstall. However, now:
>
> rpm -Uvh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586/imlib2-1.1.2-1mdk.i586.
> Preparing...                ###########################################
> [100%] file /usr/lib/libImlib2.so.1 from install of imlib2-1.1.2-1mdk
> conflicts with file from package libimlib2_1-1.0.6-4.1.92mdk        file
> /usr/bin/imlib2-config from install of imlib2-1.1.2-1mdk conflicts with
> file from package libimlib2_1-devel-1.0.6-4.1.92mdk        file
> /usr/include/Imlib2.h from install of imlib2-1.1.2-1mdk conflicts with file
> from package libimlib2_1-devel-1.0.6-4.1.92mdk        file
> /usr/lib/libImlib2.a from install of imlib2-1.1.2-1mdk conflicts with file
> from package
> libimlib2_1-devel-1.0.6-4.1.92mdk        file /usr/lib/libImlib2.la from
> install of imlib2-1.1.2-1mdk conflicts with file from package
> libimlib2_1-devel-1.0.6-4.1.92mdk        file /usr/lib/libImlib2.so from
> install of imlib2-1.1.2-1mdk conflicts with file from package
> libimlib2_1-devel-1.0.6-4.1.92mdk
>
> ...so, I thought what I would do is reinstall the *old* imlib2, but no go:
>
> urpmi libimlib2_1
> medium "contrib" uses an invalid list file:
>   mirror is probably not up-to-date, trying to use alternate method
> Everything already installed
>
> even though it is clearly no longer installed:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>$rpm -qa | grep imlib
> imlib-1.9.14-8mdk
> libimlib2_1-loaders-1.0.6-4.1.92mdk
> libimlib1-devel-1.9.14-8mdk
> libimlib2_1-filters-1.0.6-4.1.92mdk
> libimlib2_1-1.0.6-4.1.92mdk
> libimlib1-1.9.14-8mdk
> libimlib2_1-devel-1.0.6-4.1.92mdk
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>$
>
> So far nothing is *broken*, ie. I can install the newest imlib2 with just
> 'make install' and everything appears to work OK, however I would like to
> have it installed as an RPM so that MDK doesn't think it's missing at some
> point in the future.
>
> Thanks all!
Joe, did you do "rpm --rebuilddb && updatedb" before you tried the reinstall. 
It might be that the old "headers" (?) need to be cleaned out. HTH
-- 
Dennis M. linux user #180842

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