Re: [OT] Is there a RedHat guru in the house ?

["Shaf Ali" <shaf@xxxxxxx>]

First off what package are you trying to upgrade ?
Secondly what version of that package do you currently have ? (rpm -qa
grep -i packname)

Shaf

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Monaghan" <ha@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 5:18 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Is there a RedHat guru in the house ?


> Arrrgh !
>
> I can now see why people dump and run from Linux. I've been a
Slackware &
> Debian user for many years now, but this is my first venture into
Redhat.
>
> I've installed RedHat 9 from the ISO's downloaded from Redhat's FTP
site,
I
> ran the up2date application. Now the fun starts, I want to install a
driver
> for the Modem (Intel based software modem) and need to install useful
things
> like the kernel sources gcc etc... The Package Manager is telling me I
need
> to have version x.y.y of a package, when I resort to downloading that
> version of the RPM from the ftp site and manually running RPM, it
tells me
> that I already have a later version.
>
> Without reformatting and installing Debian (very tempted) how can I
get
the
> Package Manager to resolve conflicts like this and actually let me
install
> the required software ? I've tried a search on the documentation site,
but
> that is very naff and I'm not in a rush to pay Redhat for support
>
> Probably better to reply off-list
>
>
>
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