Re: FC2-pakage manager fails

From: Max Dutton (slavnist_at_localhost.localdomain)
Date: 05/25/04

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    Tommy Reynolds wrote:

    > On Tue, 25 May 2004 01:36:17 +0100, Max Dutton wrote:
    >
    >> but each time I try to install with 'rpm -Uvh' I get dependency errors.
    >> even tried with the --force option.
    >
    > Well, "--force" is mainly useful to re-install the same version of an
    > RPM in case your current install is broken.
    >
    > You might be thinking of using the "--nodeps" option. Ach, no!
    > Don't do this! You can major hurt yourself by using "--nodeps". Take
    > the time to correct any dependancies, either by downloading the
    > requested RPM or by building from source. A good place to search for
    > binary RPM's is "rpmfind.net". Google.com is your friend.
    >
    >> Is it safe to uninstall the all the 2.6.6 libxml files regardless of
    >> dependency warnings? Then install these 3 with the rpm -ivh command?
    >
    > Nope. 'Twere safe to ignore RPM dependancies would'st ta'en time to
    > code checking them?
    >
    > Sorry. No shortcuts, please.

    Problem solved !! :-)

    Thnks for your advice, Google was my friend and found the old version
    of libxml2{version}.i386.rpm. I downloaded all three :-
    libxml2-2.6.6-3.i386.rpm
    libxml2-devel-2.6.6-3.i386.rpm
    libxml2-python-2.6.6-3.i386.rpm
    It turned out that libxml2-devel was not installed which was causing me all
    the problems. It installed like a dream and now add/remove pakage manager
    is working.
    Thanks again guys

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