[K12OSN]$$$$$ Converting a distro into K12LTSP $$$$$ : what I've done to get thus far:

Peter Hartmann ascensiontech at gmail.com
Fri Sep 2 17:16:58 UTC 2005


Thanks Eric.  I think that did it.  I can't quite get x to sart on a
terminal but I think/hope that might be a general k12linux setup
problem?  Have a great weekend!

Peter

On 9/2/05, Eric Harrison <eharrison at mail.mesd.k12.or.us> wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Sep 2005, Peter Hartmann wrote:
> 
> > By the way I thought I should post what I've done to get thus far:
> >
> > Installed Centos4 x86_64
> >
> > rpm -ihv ftp://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/pub/K12LTSP/4.2.1EL/i386/CentOS/RPMS/k12ltsp-release-4.2.1EL-1.noarch.rpm
> >
> > rpm --import /usr/share/rhn/*KEY* /usr/share/doc/k12ltsp/*KEY*
> >
> > yum install k12ltsp-core k12ltsp-extras k12ltsp-utils k12ltsp-education
> >
> >
> > I got this output:
> >
> > Transaction Check Error:   file /etc/named.conf from install of
> > caching-nameserver-ltsp-7.2-k12ltsp.5.3.0 conflicts with file from
> > package caching-nameserver-7.3-3
> >  file /var/named/localhost.zone from install of
> > caching-nameserver-ltsp-7.2-k12ltsp.5.3.0 conflicts with file from
> > package caching-nameserver-7.3-3
> >  file /var/named/named.ca from install of
> > caching-nameserver-ltsp-7.2-k12ltsp.5.3.0 conflicts with file from
> > package caching-nameserver-7.3-3
> >  file /usr/share/gnome-about/gnome-version.xml from install of
> > gnome-desktop-2.8.0-3.centos4 conflicts with file from package
> > gnome-desktop-2.8.0-3.centos4
> >  file /etc/mime-magic.dat from install of gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-44.1
> > conflicts with file from package gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-44.1
> 
> With these two specific files, I don't think that they are
> architecture-specific. That means you should be able to overwrite
> the x86-64 version with the i386 version. Of course I could be
> wrong and you'll make a mess of your install (you have good backups
> and/or are not concerned about having to reinstall, right? ;-)
> 
> 
> Fetch the gnome-desktop-2.8.0-3.centos4 and gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-44.1
> packages from ftp://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/pub/K12LTSP/4.2.1EL/i386/CentOS/RPMS/
> and install them manually with the force and nodeps flags:
> 
>         rpm -ihv --force --nodeps gnome-desktop.*rpm gnome-libs.*rpm
> 
> >From there you should be able to do the "yum install k12ltsp-core ..."
> 
> *NOTE* that this is not a "best practice". Anytime someone suggests
> that you install a package with the "--force" and/or "--nodeps" flags,
> be afraid. Be very afraid!
> 
> I'm also taking off for the long weekend. If things break badly for
> you, you're on your own for a couple of days ;-)
> 
> (Dire warnings aside, I'm pretty sure this will work)
> 
> -Eric
> 
> 
> > So I did this
> > rpm -e caching-nameserver
> > yum install caching-nameserver-ltsp
> >
> > That leaves me with conflicts of seemingly identical packages:
> > gnome-desktop-2.8.0-3.centos4 and gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-44.1.
> >
> > Any idea how to fix that?  I really like centos4 x86_64 so far.  I
> > agree Eric, the 64bit *feels* faster.  Can I keep it, huh?  Can I?
> > Can I?   :)
> >
> >
> > Thank You,
> > Peter
> >
> 
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