I would take a listing of all the perl packages you have.... Then remove perl (and any other required packages). You can reinstall them later. :) Solve the dependancies first.... once you put back the correct ones you'll be much better off. Good luck! Cheers, Matt. On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:31:17 -0600, Melinda Odom <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I am on CentOS using Plesk as an administration area and am running into > constant errors trying to update any perl packages because of an accidental > install of a perl package from a third-party. > > When I tried yum remove perl it listed every perl package on my system to > remove which is what I do not want. I only want to remove one called > perl-5.8.5-9rhel3.art > > Below says "success" but those perl packages are not updated. > > How can I just remove this one package, perl-5.8.5-9rhel3.art, so the other > conflict errors will go away and not break the whole system? These are the > errors: > > [root@godslove root]# yum list updates > Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) > Server: CentOS-3 - Addons > Server: CentOS-3 - Base > Server: CentOS-3 - Extras > Server: CentOS-3 - Updates > Finding updated packages > Downloading needed headers > Name Arch Version Repo > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > perl-CGI i386 2:2.81-89.10 update > perl-DB_File i386 2:1.804-89.10 update > > [root@godslove root]# yum update perl > Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) > Server: CentOS-3 - Addons > Server: CentOS-3 - Base > Server: CentOS-3 - Extras > Server: CentOS-3 - Updates > Finding updated packages > Downloading needed headers > perl is installed and the latest version. > No actions to take > [root@godslove root]# yum update perl-CGI > Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) > Server: CentOS-3 - Addons > Server: CentOS-3 - Base > Server: CentOS-3 - Extras > Server: CentOS-3 - Updates > Finding updated packages > Downloading needed headers > Resolving dependencies > Dependencies resolved > I will do the following: > [update: perl-CGI 2:2.81-89.10.i386] > Is this ok [y/N]: y > Downloading Packages > Getting perl-CGI-2.81-89.10.i386.rpm > perl-CGI-2.81-89.10.i386. 100% |=========================| 185 kB 00:00 > Running test transaction: > Test transaction complete, Success! > Errors installing: > ('file /usr/share/man/man3/CGI.3pm.gz from install of perl-CGI-2.81-89.10 > confli > cts with file from package perl-5.8.5-9.rhel3.art', (7, > '/usr/share/man/man3/CGI > .3pm.gz', 0L)) > ('file /usr/share/man/man3/CGI::Apache.3pm.gz from install of > perl-CGI-2.81-89.1 > 0 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.5-9.rhel3.art', (7, > '/usr/share/man/ > man3/CGI::Apache.3pm.gz', 0L)) > ('file /usr/share/man/man3/CGI::Carp.3pm.gz from install of > perl-CGI-2.81-89.10 > conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.5-9.rhel3.art', (7, > '/usr/share/man/ma > n3/CGI::Carp.3pm.gz', 0L)) > ('file /usr/share/man/man3/CGI::Cookie.3pm.gz from install of > perl-CGI-2.81-89.1 > 0 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.5-9.rhel3.art', (7, > '/usr/share/man/ > man3/CGI::Cookie.3pm.gz', 0L)) > ('file /usr/share/man/man3/CGI::Fast.3pm.gz from install of > perl-CGI-2.81-89.10 > conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.5-9.rhel3.art', (7, > '/usr/share/man/ma > n3/CGI::Fast.3pm.gz', 0L)) > ('file /usr/share/man/man3/CGI::Pretty.3pm.gz from install of > perl-CGI-2.81-89.1 > 0 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.5-9.rhel3.art', (7, > '/usr/share/man/ > man3/CGI::Pretty.3pm.gz', 0L)) > ('file /usr/share/man/man3/CGI::Push.3pm.gz from install of > perl-CGI-2.81-89.10 > conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.5-9.rhel3.art', (7, > '/usr/share/man/ma > n3/CGI::Push.3pm.gz', 0L)) > ('file /usr/share/man/man3/CGI::Switch.3pm.gz from install of > perl-CGI-2.81-89.1 > 0 conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.5-9.rhel3.art', (7, > '/usr/share/man/ > man3/CGI::Switch.3pm.gz', 0L)) > ('file /usr/share/man/man3/CGI::Util.3pm.gz from install of > perl-CGI-2.81-89.10 > conflicts with file from package perl-5.8.5-9.rhel3.art', (7, > '/usr/share/man/ma > n3/CGI::Util.3pm.gz', 0L)) > > ========================================================== > > [root@godslove root]# yum update perl-DB_File > Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) > Server: CentOS-3 - Addons > Server: CentOS-3 - Base > Server: CentOS-3 - Extras > Server: CentOS-3 - Updates > Finding updated packages > Downloading needed headers > Resolving dependencies > Dependencies resolved > I will do the following: > [update: perl-DB_File 2:1.804-89.10.i386] > Is this ok [y/N]: y > Downloading Packages > Getting perl-DB_File-1.804-89.10.i386.rpm > perl-DB_File-1.804-89.10. 100% |=========================| 72 kB 00:00 > Running test transaction: > Test transaction complete, Success! > Errors installing: > ('file /usr/share/man/man3/DB_File.3pm.gz from install of > perl-DB_File-1.804-89.10 conflicts with file from package > perl-5.8.5-9.rhel3.art', (7, '/usr/share/man/man3/DB_File.3pm.gz', 0L)) > > Sincerely, > Melinda Odom > www.designhosting.biz > 479-471-0891 > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.8 - Release Date: 2/14/2005 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >