On Sat, 19 Oct 2002 23:29:50 -0500 "Marcio Alejandro Regalado M." <ciriac@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi there > > I have some RPM packages installed in my linyx box that are not being > recognized by the package manager (the program similar to gnoRPM) is > there any way to fix this problem ??? > > i.e. I have AbiWord installed an the package manager says I do not, I > try to un-install AbiWord and the system says I haven't AbiWord > installed, I try to install a new version of AbiWord and the system > says AbiWord is already there and that some RPMs conflict with other > older files. > > can anybody help me with this issue??? I'd say you either have abiword and you want it install AbiWord, vice versa, or you have AbiSuite installed. Case makes all of the difference in the world. "A" is not the same as "a" where linux is concerned. Then there's another problem. One person creates the package as AbiWord. Another decides to call it AbiSuite. They're the same thing, but RPM doesn't see them as the same. However, when you try to install new or update one from the other, they look like different packages because of how they're named, and they'll show conflicts because they have the same files. The best thing to do is to uninstall what you have. Open a term as root and rpm -e AbiWord rpm -e abiword rpm -e AbiSuite rpm -e abisuite (I've not seen that last one, but I wouldn't be surprised.) That should get rid of it no matter which one is installed. Another way (and actually simpler) would be something like this: bash-2.05b$ which abiword /usr/bin/abiword bash-2.05b$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/abiword abiword-1.0.2-6 The first line (with 'which' in it) locates where the binary is and displays the second line. The third line queries which rpm the file belongs to, which produces the last line. -- Conformist revolution. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
