On Dec 16, 2007 9:54 PM, david walcroft <d_j_w46@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Kam Leo wrote: [snip] > >>>>> Craig > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> It downloads 'x264-0-0.10.20070819.lvn8.i386.rpm' > >>>> > >>>> david > >>>> > >>>> > >>> ---- > >>> sudo rpm -ivh \ > >>> > >>> http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fedora/8/i386/x264-0-0.10.20070819.lvn8.i386.rpm > >>> > >>> it wasn't a 'download' command...it was an install command. It either > >>> installed or failed. I understood your comment to mean that it > >>> installed. > >>> > >>> Craig > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> [david@reddwarf ~]$ sudo rpm -Uvh rpm/x264-0-0.10.20070819.lvn8.i386.rpm > >> Preparing... ########################################### > >> [100%] > >> package x264-0.0.0-0.3.20061023.fc6.i386 (which is newer than > >> x264-0-0.10.20070819.lvn8.i386) is already installed > >> > >> [david@reddwarf ~]$ sudo rpm -qa | grep x264 > >> x264-0.0.0-0.3.20061023.fc6.i386 > >> [david@reddwarf ~]$ > >> > >> david > >> > > > > No wonder your system is screwed up! You have a mixed bag of left > > over packages from older version(s) of Fedora. Do the following and > > see how many FC6 packages are still installed on your system: > > > > rpm -qa | grep fc6 > > > > Remove all those found and replace with the F8 packages. > > > > Notes: > > > > 1. If you have not already done so, update your Livna repository to > > point to the F8 directory. > > > > 2. Repeat the above for other versions of Fedora, i.e. fc5 and/or f7. > > > > > Kam there are to many FC7 (60+) for me to handle,these must be > left overs from my FC7 - FC8 dvd upgrade. Redirect the output to a file, e.g. "rpm -qa | grep f7 > f7leftovers". Do it for fc6 as well. You can use an editor to copy and paste the unwanted package(s) to a terminal window or learn to use some neat unix utilities such as sed or awk to operate directly on the file contents. > Livna repos have '/$releasever/$basearch' in them That's good but you need to verify that the URL is valid. > david
