Problems installing xorg-x11-6.8.2-37.FC4.45

[Erik P. Olsen]

On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 11:31 +0200, Øyvind Stegard wrote:
> Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> > In order to solve a nasty problem with xorg-x11 I installed xorg-
> > x11-6.8.2-45 from rawhide. Now it has been released under the name of:
> > xorg-x11-6.8.2-37.FC4.45 and when trying to install this package using
> > "yum update" I get:
> > 
> > Transaction Check Error:   package xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-45 (which is
> > newer than xorg-x11-6.8.2-37.FC4.45) is already installed
> > 
> > As I am quite new with yum I don't know how to overcome this. What magic
> > option will force the released version onto the system?
> Look at list of files yum proposes to download/install, then download 
> them manually from 
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/i386/
> 
> Then (in the folder _only_ containing the newly downloaded xorg-rpms):
> $ rpm -Uvh --force *.rpm
> 
> .. to force install/update.
> 
Thanks Øyvind, your recipe worked beautifully (using --oldpackage as
advised).

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Regards,
Erik P. Olsen