[CentOS] Yum package/instlal/update problem

[Ioannis Vranos]

fredex wrote:
> Hi gang!
> 
> I'm trying to update my videolan client (0.8.4a-4.el4.rf) to the latest
> 0.8.6 version. I see that Dag has a 0.8.6 for EL4 (I'm running Centos 4.4)
> but when I do "yum update videolan-client" it says there's nothing to 
> update.
> 
> When I remove the videolan client than do "yum install videolan-client"
> it insists on trying to install the 0.8.4 version:
> 
> =============================================================================
>  Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
> =============================================================================
> Installing:
>  videolan-client         i386       0.8.4a-4.el4.rf  rpmforge          5.4 M
> 
> Transaction Summary
> =============================================================================
> Install      1 Package(s)
> Update       0 Package(s)
> Remove       0 Package(s)
> Total download size: 5.4 M
> Is this ok [y/N]: n
> 
> 
> I can't figure out why it's not installing the 0.8.6 version that is 
> clearly visible at Dag's repository at this page:
> 
> 	http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/vlc/
> 
> where we see, among other things:
> 
> 	vlc-0.8.6b-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm
> 
> Anybody got a clue?


I suppose it does not show up in the server. Perhaps it is appearing as 
vlc, or you should switch to rpmforge.



I installed these from rpmforge:

[john at localhost download]$ rpm -qa |grep vlc
vlc-0.8.6b-1.el5.rf
vlc-devel-0.8.6b-1.el5.rf

[john at localhost download]$