[CentOS] RPM upgrade

Fri Nov 25 18:49:35 UTC 2005
Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org>

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On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 07:04:28PM +0100, Jean Lee wrote:
> I have a package installed with CentOS which is called "glib-1.2.10-15". 
> I want now to install a software (not available with CentOS) which 
> requires glib >= 2.0.

Simply installing glib2, as suggested, won't work.

The package has a specific rpm requirement for the package named
glib.

In a nutshell, if you want to keep your CentOS whole, you can't
do it without rebuilding the package you want to install.

You can, of course, use "--nodeps" when installing the rpm, but
that will leave your system inconsistent. Some people don't mind.
I do.

And never, EVER use "--force".

[]s

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