Phoenix Kiula wrote: > > We have a system that came with pg 8.1.9. When I try to uninstall > those RPMs, it works for all the rpms except for libs: > > > rpm -ev postgresql-libs-8.1.9-1.el5 > error: Failed dependencies: > libpq.so.4 is needed by (installed) apr-util-1.2.7-6.i386 > > I am not sure what this is about and how to uninstall it. I cannot > leave the "libs" rpm because with it on the system, the equivalent for > 8.2.4 will not install. For instance, while installing the > compatibility stuff prior to 8.2.4 -- > > > rpm -Uhv compat-postgresql-libs-4-1PGDG.rhel5.i686.rpm > warning: waiting for transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.000 > Preparing... > ########################################### [100%] > file /usr/lib/libpq.so.4 from install of > compat-postgresql-libs-4-1PGDG.rhel5 conflicts with > file from package postgresql-libs-8.1.9-1.el5 > file /usr/lib/libpq.so.4.1 from install of > compat-postgresql-libs-4-1PGDG.rhel5 conflicts with > file from package postgresql-libs-8.1.9-1.el5 > > How does one resolve this? How can I uninstall "libpg.so.4"? If compat-postgresql-libs-4 replaces postgresql-libs-8.1.9, you could do: rpm -ev --nodeps postgresql-libs and then rpm -Uhv compat-postgresql-libs-4-1PGDG.rhel5.i686.rpm The second will restore the dependency that the first command breaks. Yours, Laurenz Albe ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly