[CentOS] Resolving a yum conflict

Tue Oct 4 21:31:11 UTC 2005
Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org>

Morten wrote:
> Finished Transaction Test
> Transaction Check Error:   file /usr/share/man/man5/fonts-conf.5.gz from 
> install of fontconfig-2.2.3-7 conflicts with file from package 
> fontconfig-2.2.3-7

you have a package issue between the i386 and x86_64 versions of 
fontconfig.

"yum erase fontconfig.i386"

you should then be able to carry on whatever else you were doing with 
yum. Should you need that package again, just reinstall it later.

- KB