On 4/2/07, Olaf Greve <o.greve at axis.nl> wrote: > At present I'm setting up several CentOS (4 and 4.4) machines, and in > the process of installing the several updates that are automatically > mentioned by up2date as being available, I'm running into a package > conflict. This sort of thing is common on multi-arch systems. Is this an x86_64 box? > More particular, when trying to install several of the C compiler > related packages (like gcc, cpp, etc.) I get the error message: > "Test install failed because of package conflicts: > The following packages were added to your selection to satisfy > dependencies: > (name) libtool (version) 1.5.6 (release) 4.EL4.c4.4 > package libtool-1.5.6-4.EL4.1.c4.4 is already installed" After answering the above question, is the package it's trying to install here for x86 or x86_64? > Now.... this seems to be somewhat of what we call over here a > "chicken-and-egg-problem", IOW, in order to resolve it libtool should > be added, yet when adding it, libtool is already installed and causes > the conflict; so which to solve first :P > > Can anyone let me know how I can manually solve this problem (note > that libtool was not offered as a selectable package, but rather is > enforced when trying to install e.g. gcc)? Multi-arch systems get interesting when you start installing development tools. Can you provide us a wee bit more detail as to what system you're running, which version of centos, and any extra repositories you might have enabled (rpmforge, atrpms). -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell