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illtbagu 01-22-2003 10:15 PM

cups-libs need to install cups
 
same old story. want to install cups with package manager i get a error that says

The following package could not be found on your system. Installation cannot continue until it is installed.
cups-libs = 1.1.15

when i download this package and try to install it it says its already intalled. what know i have been through all of this before with another package. i couldnt get it resolved so i had to reinstall my whole system.

any helpful hints
thanks

iceman47 01-23-2003 10:19 AM

If you know what you're doing you could force the install of the rpm.
rpm -ivh --force foo.rpm

RickFriedman 01-23-2003 10:58 AM

Re: cups-libs need to install cups
 
Quote:

Originally posted by illtbagu
The following package could not be found on your system. Installation cannot continue until it is installed.
cups-libs = 1.1.15

when i download this package and try to install it it says its already intalled. what know i have been through all of this before with another package. i couldnt get it resolved so i had to reinstall my whole system.

Before trying to force an installation, I would suggest rebuilding the RPM database. At a command line enter:

rpm --rebuilddb

Rick

illtbagu 01-23-2003 07:02 PM

what package manager asks for is cups-libs = 1.1.15
this is what is installed it cups-libs-1.1.17-0.2, cups-devel-1.1.17-0.2
when i try to install cups-libs = 1.1.15 it says i cant because a newer version is available
should i try to uninstall both cups-libs-1.1.17-0.2, cups-devel-1.1.17-0.2 and then try to
install cups from package manager

i tried rpm --rebuilddb with no luck i could also try a force isntall that was sugested to me

thanks for any advise
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