FC3, installing a new xscreensaver
 

[root@localhost i386]# rpm -iv xscreensaver-base-4.21-1.i386.rpm
Preparing packages for installation...
file /etc/pam.d/xscreensaver from install of xscreensaver-base-4.21-1 conflicts with file from package xscreensaver-4.18-4
file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XScreenSaver from install of xscreensaver-base-4.21-1 conflicts with file from package xscreensaver-4.18-4

I want to install xscreensaver 4.21-1, I built all the RPMS from a .tar file. The last time i tried to do a replace file, it messed up my xscreensaver badly, i couldn't get any screensavers to run.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. :)

remove your ealier version and reinstall

Regards
Richard

Yeah, i tried that, using the rpm -ev xscreensaver, this is the response i get.

[chylde@localhost ~]$ rpm -ev xscreensaver
error: Failed dependencies:
xscreensaver is needed by (installed) kdeartwork-3.3.1-1.i386
So, should i use a force command, or should i uninstall kdeartwork? I tried to do do it, while KDE wasn't up and running. Thanks so much, tho, I should have put that in my first post.

Chylde

Ok, this is the result I got from trying to use yum, to uninstall xscreensaver 4.18-4:

[root@localhost chylde]# yum remove xscreensaver.i386
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package xscreensaver.i386 1:4.18-4 set to be erased
--> Running transaction check
Setting up Repos
http://mirror.netglobalis.net/pub/fe...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (110, 'Connection timed out')>
Trying other mirror.
base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
base : ################################################## 2622/2622
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 330 kB 00:02
MD Read : ################################################## 848/848
updates-re: ################################################## 848/848
--> Processing Dependency: xscreensaver for package: kdeartwork
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package kdeartwork.i386 0:3.3.1-1 set to be erased
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved
Transaction Listing:
Remove: xscreensaver.i386 1:4.18-4
Remove: kdeartwork.i386 0:3.3.1-1
Total download size: 0
Is this ok [y/N]: N
Exiting on user Command
Complete!
[root@localhost chylde]#

My questions is, should i just uninstall kdeartwork, and reinstall it after i uninstall xscreensaver 4.18-4, then install xscreensaver 4.21-1?

Re: FC3, installing a new xscreensaver
 

Have you tried running rpm -Uv xscreensaver-base-4.21-1.i386.rpm ? That's what you're supposed to do to upgrade an existing package via rpm. It should handle removing old unnecessary files from the old package (while leaving any config files, etc.).

Yeah, I did that, but the first time, all my screensavers just went blank, they wouldn't even run in test anymore. I see now what I did wrong. I forgot to run the ln command, to relink.
Hehe, I guess that's the price you pay for being a newbie, lol. Thanks a lot guys. :)