David Bear <David.Bear@xxxxxxx> writes: > I have RHEL 5.4 (64bit) that has a postgresql-lib 8.1 installed to satisfy > dependancy for a dozen other packages including apache, php and other apache > modules, and subversion. > I want to install postresql 8.3 but yum informs me of the version conflict > of the library. May i safely just over write the postgresql-lib with the 8.3 > lib ?? No. They're not the same library major version. As of RHEL5.5 there is a postgresql84 package, and postgresql84-libs can be installed without a conflict with the 8.1 postgresql-libs. You might consider going for that instead of 8.3. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin