Re: rpm conflict

From: Bill Marcum (bmarcum_at_iglou.com.urgent)
Date: 05/26/05


Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 17:48:38 -0400

On 26 May 2005 11:57:51 -0700, swamyb@hotmail.com
  <swamyb@hotmail.com> wrote:
> am trying to run firfox.1.0.4 and it complains about missing
> libXp.so.6. So I found and am trying to install
> xorg-x11-libs-common-6.8.2-77311cl.i386.rpm using rpm -ivh, but I get
> the message
>
> error: Failed dependencies:
> XFree86-devel <= 2:4.0.2-3cl conflicts with
> xorg-x11-libs-common-6.8.2-77311cl
> XFree86 < 2:4.0.3-2cl conflicts with
> xorg-x11-libs-common-6.8.2-77311cl
> XFree86-libs < 2:4.0.3-2cl conflicts with
> xorg-x11-libs-common-6.8.2-77311cl
>
> can anybody tell what's wrong? My redhat version is Red Hat Linux
> release 9 (Shrike)
>
You are trying to install Xorg libraries on an old system that uses
XFree86. Switch to Fedora Core 3 or some other recent distro. Or you
might try fedoralegacy.org to see if they have a package containing
libXp.so.6 for XFree86.

-- 
Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember, it didn't help
the rabbit.
		-- R.E. Shay


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