On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 22:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 2 Sep, To: Martin wrote: > > We'll see how I go. > > Well, I tried a semi-tentative install: > > rpm -i --nodeps --replacefiles XF* font* free* > > Now I seem to have parts of both 4.1.0 and 4.2.0, though everything > seems to be working. Any suggestion on the safest way to get rid of > the older rpms without disturbing the new? Is it as simple as > rpm -e XFree86-4.1.0-25, etc? (And try to find 4.2.0 versions of the > missing pieces?)
If you're going to do that you're much better off asking rpm to upgrade rather than install. Grab your rpms and do rpm -UVh --force XF* font* free* then if there's an old version on the system it will be replaced by the new one. HTH James. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
