To fix, just download the original glib2.rpm (from the CD/DVD? or from the net) and install via rpm --oldpackage -hvU glib2.....rpm this will likely fix things for you... as to how to keep both packages installed - no idea... On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, Jean Lee wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a problem :). > > On my CentOS workstation, I had glib2-2.4.7-1 installed. > This is the last version which is provided by the CentOS distribution > However, I need to install a software which requires an higher glib2 version > so : > > I took the source of glib2-2.8.4-1 on the gtk+ web site and creates the rpm > installation file with "chkinstall" > I obtained the glib2-2.8.4-1.i386.rpm file > Then I execute yum to update the glib2 package : > > yum localupdate glib2-2.8.4-1.i386.rpm > > And know, I have a lot of problems. Surely because some library files where > overwritten with the newer version files (Right or wrong ?).... > > Is there a way to recover the problem ? (Now, I can't launch a terminal under > gnome) > > Well, I have broken the distribution and I feel that I will have to reinstall > it. > > For the next time that I will try to update a package manually : > Is there a safe way to update manually the glib2 library without crashing all > the distribution ? > Or is there a way to install the latest version of glib2 in order to have the > two libraries versions installed (glib2-2.4.7-1 and glib2-2.8.4-1)? > or something else ????? > > Thank you for your answers, > > Jean LEE > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >