If you do a rpm -e --nodeps file_name you are only removing the desired file without taking any dependency in acount, you don't mess with anything else. When you install a new package that provides the same funcionalities of the one you removed the dependencies might be solved or not, it depends very much on the other packages... i am being clear!! am i not??
usualy there aren't any problems on doing that, but i am not sure if there's a general answer because, let's imagine, one game might need something from the old package...
hope this helps, nelson
Sven wrote:
Hi,
I'm running Fedora Core 3 with Xorg 6.8.1 and kernel 2.6.10-1.741_FC3. I updated from Fedora Core 1 a few weeks ago. I had the old ATI driver installed with fc1. Today I tried to play a game and noticed that there wasn't any 3d acceleration. fglrxinfo returned: display: :0.0 screen: 0 OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.1)
I entered rpm -q fglrx to see if the driver was still installed. fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5 But this driver is for XFree86 4.3.x and I have Xorg 6.8.1. So I downloaded the new driver "fglrx_6_8_0-8.10.19-1.i386.rpm" from the ati page. I tried to install it: [root@linux downloads]# rpm -Uh fglrx_6_8_0-8.10.19-1.i386.rpm Error: Failed dependencies: fglrx-glc22 conflicts with fglrx_6_8_0-8.10.19-1.i386 Looks like this drive conflicts with the old driver. I tried deleting the old one: [root@linux downloads]# rpm -e fglrx-glc22 Error: Failed dependencies: libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) winex-20021008-1.i386 libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) chromium-0.9.12-24.i386 libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) xawtv-3.88-6.i386 libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) xtraceroute-0.9.1-3.i386 libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) winex3-3.3.1-1.i386 libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) redhat-lsb-1.3-4.i386 libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) gstreamer- plugins-0.8.5-1.i386 libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) tuxracer-0.61-28.i386 libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) xmms-1.2.10-9.i386 libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) xscreensaver-4.18-4.i386 libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) PyQt-3.13-1.i386 libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) xorg-x11- libs-6.8.1-12.FC3.21.i386 libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) xorg-x11-Mesa- libGLU-6.8.1-12.FC3.21.i386 libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) xorg- x11-6.8.1-12.FC3.21.i386 libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) kdebindings-3.3.1-1.i386 libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) kdeartwork-3.3.1-1.i386 libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) xorg-x11- tools-6.8.1-12.FC3.21.i386
Now my question: Can I delete the old one with rpm -e --force without destroying xorg and all the other above listed rpms? Or shall i update using rpm rpm -Uh --nodeps fglrx_6_8_0-8.10.19-1.i386.rpm? I think i can remove the old and install the new driver because the new old *should* install a new libGL.so.1 but I'm not sure. And I do not want to destroy xorg or any other packet ;)
Thanks
-- Nelson Brito http://www.fc.up.pt/pessoas/ntbrito
