I'm not saying it should be common practice. But sometimes it requires a big hammer. Getting KDE 3.1.4 on my RH9 required a big hammer. -----Original Message----- From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Jima Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 8:16 AM To: TCLUG Mailing List Subject: RE: [TCLUG] new distro On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Michael wrote: > Check.. www.rpm.org Newest version is 4.2 Looks like Fedora Core 1 is using 4.2.1, actually. > And for me to force the issue, I've used this: > > Rpm --force -ivh package.rpm > > HTH Helps? Using --force (and --nodeps, for that matter) is a great way to really hose your system. The dependencies are there for a reason. I've long suspected many of the "RPM dependency hell" claims revolve around careless use of those two flags. Jima _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list