[CentOS] Error on update

Sat Jul 22 16:55:34 UTC 2006
Sam Drinkard <sam at wa4phy.net>


Matt Hyclak wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 11:01:22AM -0400, Sam Drinkard enlightened us:
>   
>> Just did an update with yum, and got this error when running the
>> transaction check.
>>
>> Transaction Check Error:   package freetype-2.1.9-1.2.2.el4.rf (which is
>> newer than freetype-2.1.9-1.rhel4.4) is already installed
>>
>>
>> Yum then quit.  What do I need to do to fix this error?  This is a first
>> for me.  x86-64 machine.
>>
>>     
>
> It would appear that you've updated freetype from the rpmforge repository,
> and that repository is now disabled. You can either:
>
> - Ignore freetype updates from the CentOS repositories and continue to get
>   updates from rpmforge.
>
> - Uninstall the rpmforge rpm and reinstall the CentOS version, and exclude
>   freetype from any future updates from rpmforge
>
> Looking into the protectbase or priorities plugins to yum may help you
> eliminate any future instances of this issue.
>
> FWIW, I leave the rpmforge repo enabled, but I use a specific list of
> includepkgs so that only certain things that I know I need come from there.
>
> Matt
>
>   
I odn't have the rpmforge repo set up.  Only dag and the defaults.  
Don't really know where the freetype came from unless it was the dag. 

Can I remove the freetype package that was downloaded then continue with 
the yum update, or how do I get rid of the thing ?

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