I was aware of the 64 bit and 32 bit versions, but any yum'ing whatsoever fails now with a conflict from an existing installed version why would a yum clean and rebuilddb not be the best way to fix rpm errors, certainly this has been the methods I have succesffully employed for many years.... If there is a better way then let me know... It seems that yum is not able to update existing packages anymore and tries to install newer rpms along side the old ones.... Here is a sample out put of "yum install mysql-server" Install: mysql-server.x86_64 0:4.1.12-3.RHEL4.1 - base Performing the following to resolve dependencies: Update: mysql.x86_64 0:4.1.12-3.RHEL4.1 - base Total download size: 9.9 M Downloading Packages: Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Check Error: file /usr/bin/mysqldumpslow from install of mysql-4.1 .12-3.RHEL4.1 conflicts with file from package mysql-4.1.10a-2.RHEL4.1 file /usr/share/info/mysql.info.gz from install of mysql-4.1.12-3.RHEL4.1 conf licts with file from package mysql-4.1.10a-2.RHEL4.1 file /usr/share/man/man1/mysql.1.gz from install of mysql-4.1.12-3.RHEL4.1 con flicts with file from package mysql-4.1.10a-2.RHEL4.1 etc etc Jim Perrin wrote: >On 10/20/05, Peter Farrow <peter at farrows.org> wrote: > > >>Hi There, >> >>Install Centos 4.1 X86-64 onto an athlon64 box. >> >>unfortunately half way through a yum -y upgrade I press ctrl-c on the >>wrong window and aborted a couple of the packages in the (large) update. >> >>Now the rpm database things there are multiple packages installed on the >>same rpm versions, >> >>eg: >> >rpm -q -a | grep mysql >>mod_auth_mysql-2.6.1-2.2 >>php-mysql-4.3.9-3.6 >>mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1 >>mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1 >>mysql-devel-4.1.10a-2.RHEL4.1 >>mysql-4.1.10a-2.RHEL4.1 >>mysql-4.1.10a-2.RHEL4.1 >>libdbi-dbd-mysql-0.6.5-10.RHEL4.1 >> >>rpm -e mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1 >>error: "mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1" specifies multiple packages >> >> >> >> > >These are most likely packages of different architecture. one i386, >and one x86_64 > > > >>So I tried a "yum clean all" and tried again but yum fails with a >>transaction check error with conflicts of rpms onthemselves. >> >>I did a rpm --rebuilddb with no joy, and i deleted the __db files from >>/var/lib/rpm - still no joy. >> >> >> > >REALLY not the right way to fix it..... > > > >>I cn't install any rpms now as it says there are conflicts.... >> >>I am fresh out of ideas now... >> >>Any help appreciated... >> >> >> > >do the following as root (and for your user also) >echo "%_query_all_fmt %%{name}-%%{version}-%%{release}.%%{arch}" >> >~/.rpmmacros > >then rpm -q mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1, and you will see the >different packages. use the full packagename to remove one. should be >something like mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1.i386 or >mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1.x86_64 > > > > >-- >Jim Perrin >System Administrator - UIT >Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20051020/4cd4725e/attachment-0004.html>