how to downgrade a package for a dependency

gnulinusr · 06-28-2005, 12:29 PM

im trying to install various different packages and im coming up with missing dependencies. im using fc4 and am very new to linux. when i search for the package that i need it says that i have it installed but it is a newer version. how do i downgrade and install the older version so that i can install these other programs?

titanium_geek · 06-28-2005, 01:25 PM

Hello and Welcome to LQ!

you should be able to install the older version of the software- but are you sure that it is a dependency problem, most things are backwards compatible.

what are you trying to install?

titanium_geek

tkedwards · 06-28-2005, 07:34 PM

You can use

Code:

rpm -i --nodeps package.rpm

But this is a very bad idea if you don't know what you're doing. What package are you trying to install?

mohit dhawan · 06-29-2005, 08:55 AM

use yum .........

gnulinusr · 06-29-2005, 10:52 AM

one of the packages that im trying to install is streamtuner. but ive tried to install other packages and have run ito the same problem. with streamtuner the dependencies are libcrypto.so.2, libcurl.so.2, and libssl.so.2 i have these installed on my computer but they are all .so.4 and it wont install streamtuner without .so.2 or at least i done know how.

tkedwards · 06-29-2005, 06:48 PM

Are you trying to install an older version of streamtuner than came with your system?

I think you need to add Dag Wieer's FC4 repository to your yum sources and then you will be able to install a version of streamtuner that has been properly packaged for your system.

Add the following to your /etc/yum.conf file:

Code:

[dag] name=Dag RPM Repository for Fedora Core baseurl=http://apt.sw.be/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag gpgcheck=1 enabled=1

then:

Code:

yum install streamtuner

For more info see:
http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/

gnulinusr · 06-30-2005, 09:10 AM

im very new to linux and i dont know what my /etc/yum.conf file is. i tried to copy and paste the first code there and it said unknown command. once again im very new to linux please explain what u are talking about.i have tried using "yum install streamtuner" and it tells me nothing to do. so that does not work

titanium_geek · 06-30-2005, 10:31 AM

a file that has .conf at the end of it is a configuration file. These are text files that you can edit to get something working. the yum.conf is a file that is located in the /etc directory, you can edit it using your favourite editor - I like jed, but you can replace jed with emacs, vi, vim, pico etc- whatever you have and like.

Code:

# jed  /etc/yum.conf

and then follow tkedwards' first step- which means type (or copy) that text into the yum.conf file, then save, exit and follow his second step.

titanium_geek