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]$