On Dec 5, 2007 11:37 PM, Dominique Leuenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> On 12/5/2007 at 5:33 PM, Chris Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, i got libpurple 2.3 from benjiweber search and tryied to install it > > and got dependency error : > > rpm -Uvh libpurple-2.3.0-3.1.i586.rpm > > error: Failed dependencies: > > libpurple = 2.2.1 is needed by (installed) pidgin-2.2.1-7.1.i586 > > > > This seems to be a dependency loop? How do i install pidgin 2.3 and > > libpurple 2.3? > > Hi, > > Not reakky a loop, as the second message means that the old pidgin depends on > the old library. And you were to replace the old library and would thus have > broken pidgin. > > You can do: > > rpm -Uhv libpurple-2.3.0-3.1.i586.rpm pidgin-2.3.0-3.1.i586.rpm > together on one line... they will be updated together. > > Dominique > > > > > TMF is a global management and accounting outsourcing firm with 77 offices in > 60 countries and over 2,000 professionals (2007). TMF is expanding rapidly > throughout the world. Learn more about our unique network and our services > and visit our website at www.tmf-group.com. > > The information contained in this e-mail communication is confidential and > solely intended for the person to whom it is addressed. If someone other than > the intended recipient should receive or come into possession of this e-mail > communication, he/she will not be entitled to read, disseminate, disclose or > duplicate it. If you are not the intended recipient, you are requested to > notify the sender and to destroy the original e-mail communication. > TMF is neither liable for the correct and complete transmission of the > information contained in this e-mail communication nor for any delay in its > receipt. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been > checked for the presence of computer viruses. >
Or you could use --force to replace each package independently if you are sure these two are the only packages involved. But ya, I always do what Dominque suggested. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
