Cups problem

[Kam Leo]

On Dec 16, 2007 10:43 PM, Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Dec 16, 2007 10:38 PM, Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Dec 16, 2007 9:54 PM, david walcroft <d_j_w46 at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> > >
> > > Kam Leo wrote:
> > [snip]
> >
> > > >>>>> Craig
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>> It downloads 'x264-0-0.10.20070819.lvn8.i386.rpm'
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>    david
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>> ----
> > > >>> sudo rpm -ivh \
> > > >>>
> > > >>> http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fedora/8/i386/x264-0-0.10.20070819.lvn8.i386.rpm
> > > >>>
> > > >>> it wasn't a 'download' command...it was an install command. It either
> > > >>> installed or failed. I understood your comment to mean that it
> > > >>> installed.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Craig
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >> [david at reddwarf ~]$ sudo rpm -Uvh rpm/x264-0-0.10.20070819.lvn8.i386.rpm
> > > >> Preparing...                ###########################################
> > > >> [100%]
> > > >>        package x264-0.0.0-0.3.20061023.fc6.i386 (which is newer than
> > > >> x264-0-0.10.20070819.lvn8.i386) is already installed
> > > >>
> > > >> [david at reddwarf ~]$ sudo rpm -qa | grep x264
> > > >> x264-0.0.0-0.3.20061023.fc6.i386
> > > >> [david at reddwarf ~]$
> > > >>
> > > >>  david
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > No wonder your system is screwed up!  You have a mixed bag of left
> > > > over packages from older version(s) of Fedora. Do the following and
> > > > see how many FC6 packages are still installed on your system:
> > > >
> > > > rpm -qa | grep fc6
> > > >
> > > > Remove all those found and replace with the F8 packages.
> > > >
> > > > Notes:
> > > >
> > > > 1. If you have not already done so, update your Livna repository to
> > > > point to the F8 directory.
> > > >
> > > > 2. Repeat the above for other versions of Fedora, i.e. fc5 and/or  f7.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Kam there are to many FC7 (60+) for me to handle,these must be
> > > left overs from my FC7 - FC8 dvd upgrade.
> >
> > Redirect the output to a file, e.g. "rpm -qa | grep f7 > f7leftovers".
> > Do it for fc6 as well. You can use an editor to copy and paste the
> > unwanted package(s) to a terminal window or learn to use some neat
>                          ^
>  rpm -e pasted-unwanted-package-name
>
> Just to clarify what I meant.
>
>
> > unix utilities such as sed or awk to operate directly on the file
> > contents.
> >
> >
> > >  Livna repos have '/$releasever/$basearch' in them
> >
> > That's good but you need to verify that the URL is valid.
> >
> > >  david
> >
>

Antti Huhtala brought to my attention an error in the above example.
It should be "rpm -qa | grep fc7 > f7leftovers".  The Fedora packagers
are still using fc in the suffix, even for Fedora 8.


Thank you, Antti.

Additionally, I took a quick peak at the F7 and F8 Everything
repositories. Some fc6 packages are included as part of the F7
distribution. For F8 a mix of fc6 and fc7 packages are also part of
the distribution. What a packaging mess!

Well, David. Please excuse my butting in. It seems that the Fedora
packagers have thrown a spanner into the works. Now, it's nearly
impossible to find and clean up left over packages using just the
distro suffix. Unless rpm or any of the package managers shows a
conflict leave the older package(s) alone.