RE: Help! Failed dependencies in Redhat 5.2 ...

["Fox, Kevin M" <KMFox mail bhi-erc com>]

--force and --nodeps it.
in the same directory is backward compatibility rpms. When you install them
everything goes back to normal.

I had some problems upgrading as well...
rpm -Uvh --nodeps --force * fixed it thow.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Tom Barraza [SMTP:tbarraza@merlotcom.com]
> Sent:	Monday, January 25, 1999 12:34 PM
> To:	gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject:	Help! Failed dependencies in Redhat 5.2 ...
> 
> 
> Please help me!
> 
> I'm trying to install the glib-1.1.13-1.i386.rpm file included with
> the 0.99.3 version of GNOME I downloaded from one of the mirror sites.
> Here's what my system echoes to the screen when I try to install it:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> [root@curly i386]# rpm -Uvh glib-1.1.13-1.i386.rpm 
> failed dependencies:
>         glib = 1.0.6 is needed by gtk+-1.0.6-3
>         libglib.so.1 is needed by AfterStep-APPS-1.5-0.3
>         libglib.so.1 is needed by control-panel-3.7-7
>         libglib.so.1 is needed by gecko-1.6-0
>         libglib.so.1 is needed by gimp-1.0.1-2
>         libglib.so.1 is needed by gnome-libs-0.20-3
>         libglib.so.1 is needed by gnome-linuxconf-0.14-4rh
>         libglib.so.1 is needed by usermode-1.4.3-1
>         libglib.so.1 is needed by usernet-1.0.8-1
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 1. Do the failed dependencies imply that I have to use the
>    --force switch in rpm? (or any other switches besides U,v,h?)
> 2. If I do use the --force switch, will this somehow break my system,
>    such that I won't be able to go back to using AfterStep or FVWM2
>    in the future?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Tom
> 
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