Good suggestion. I've revised the doc to suggest non-root install as the safe option and -D as the easy option.
Kevin On 11/3/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would say, don't suggest the -D option as if it is safe. It may > interfere with existing packaging system. > > Better suggest a non-root installation and if that is not wanted, the > -D option and take whatever consequence that may result. > > Kevin Dangoor wrote: > > Hi Neal, > > > > Since this is not the first time this question has come up, I put an > > explanation up on the site. Let me know if this answers the > > question... if not, I can tweak the doc some more. > > > > http://www.turbogears.org/download/install.html#conflict > > > > Kevin > > > > On 11/3/05, Neal Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi. Newbie here. Trying to follow directions to install on Fedora4. Any > > > ideas what to do about this? > > > > > > sudo python ez_setup.py -f http://www.turbogears.org/download/index.html > > > --script-dir /usr/local/bin TurboGears > > > ... > > > CONFLICT WARNING: > > > > > > The following modules or packages have the same names as modules or > > > packages being installed, and will be *before* the installed packages in > > > Python's search path. You MUST remove all of the relevant files and > > > directories before you will be able to use the package(s) you are > > > installing: > > > > > > /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/elementtree > > > > > > Note: you can attempt this installation again with EasyInstall, and use > > > either the --delete-conflicting (-D) option or the > > > --ignore-conflicts-at-my-risk option, to either delete the above files > > > and directories, or to ignore the conflicts, respectively. Note that if > > > you ignore the conflicts, the installed package(s) may not work. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > error: Installation aborted due to conflicts > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ rpm -qa | grep elementtree > > > python-elementtree-1.2.6-4.2.fc4.rf > > > > > > > > > -- > > Kevin Dangoor > > Author of the Zesty News RSS newsreader > > > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > company: http://www.BlazingThings.com > > blog: http://www.BlueSkyOnMars.com > > -- Kevin Dangoor Author of the Zesty News RSS newsreader email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] company: http://www.BlazingThings.com blog: http://www.BlueSkyOnMars.com
