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

[Eric Harrison]

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
>