Unless I am wrong, (and if I am forgive me:) I do not believe you can
have to versions of a package installed at the same time. You can try
the --force and --nodeps options when you try to upgrade the rpm. That
/should/ work for you...
bascule wrote:
>
> hi all,
>
> i recently tried to upgrade tcl/tk because a prog called tik (an aol
> instant messenger clone) said my version - 8.0.5 was too old, i
> downloaded versions 8.3.2-2.mdk of tcl, tix and tk because i read that
> together they made up what is known as tcl/tk? but when i ran kpackage
> and tested the install of each of these rpms i got messages saying that
> previous versions of files in each package were needed by other progs
> eg. a test install of tcl-8.3.2-2.mdk says:
> libtcl8.0.so is needed by <list of progs>,
> the version of this file with the newer package is libtcl.8.3.so,
>
> question one: can i have two versions of a package installed at the same
> time, even though more testing revealed that some files in different
> versions have the same name and so could not exist together? eg. both
> versions of tcl install a file called tcl.h to the same place
> (/usr/lib/include/) as well as other files.
>
> question two: if so, how can i do this, do i have to use special options
> on a command line with rpm or give options to the prog i want to run?
>
> confusedly
> bascule
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