Subject: RE: I kneed real help installing XFree86 4.0
From: Vanco, Donald (VANCOD@PIOS.com)
Date: Wed Jul 12 2000 - 06:49:39 MDT
You missed my point --nodeps will NOT check for dependencies and will
install regardless.
man rpm
Don
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam [mailto:getafix@rochester.rr.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 4:18 PM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: RE: I kneed real help installing XFree86 4.0
>
>
> Actually, it wont even let me install the dependencies. It tells me
> that the program needs to be installed first but when I go to install
> the program it tells me that it needs the dependencies. It is just
> the the chicken and the egg. One will not let me install without the
> other which leaves me with nothing.
>
> It looks like I should just rpm -i and then manual remove the older
> XFree86 files.
>
>
>
> >If you are sure the dependencies are in place you can
> install with --nodeps
> >in your rpm command syntax
> >
> >(the U assumes you are upgrading)
> >
> >rpm -ivh mypackage-1.0.0.rpm --nodeps
> >
> >You may need to rebuild the rpm database if you're having
> issues with it
> >telling you that packages you know are installed aren't:
> >
> >rpm --rebuilddb
> >
> >YMMV
> >
> >Don
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Adam [mailto:getafix@rochester.rr.com]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 3:54 PM
> >> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> >> Subject: I kneed real help installing XFree86 4.0
> >>
> >>
> >> I need some real help installing XFree86 4.0. I can not
> install it
> >> because every time I rpm -Uvh the response is the
> dependencies need
> >> to be installed. So, I go in install the dependencies
> and it says I
> >> need the XFree86 installed. What a circle... How do I
> install all
> >> the files at once? I used the * and it also says I need Mesa...
> >> This is a headache and a half.
> >>
> >> Signed :('
> >>
> >> Adam
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Adam Done Studios,
> >> Commercial Photography
> >> and Digital Imaging
> >>
> >
>
>
>
>
> Adam Done Studios,
> Commercial Photography
> and Digital Imaging
>
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