flippin annoying rpm problem with fedora
 

annoying linux strikes agin GRRRRRR
All i wanted was gaim then i found out my dvd wasn't working so i cancelled the installation.
I had to because it wanted stuff from the fedora dvd and so now i have the dvd working it wont install when i double click on the rpm. It reckons it's already installed GRRR. WHY WHY GRRRR stupid stupid

always install in the shell... you see what happens when you just click around. for every click in the gui a little tux is smashed by a window ;-)

commands : rpm -Uvh example-2.3.rpm -> installs
rpm -e example-2.3 -> uninstalls

if you're smashed by dependencies, use yum :

yum install example-2.3.rpm -> installs
yum remove example-2.3 -> uninstalls

Something decent.
RPM-hell is a well known affliction. Move to a decent package management system, or deal with it yourself.

Be prepared to learn however - the problem is *NOT* (intrinsicly) with Linux.

ok, point for you.

maybe i should have written " if you're too lazy solving the dependencies ..:" ;-)

this sucks ok yum didn't owrk either. It said no match found nothing to do.
But isn't there a way i can install the dependencies required by gaim from my fedora dvd. Thats all thats stopping me from using the rpm --force

please write exactly what you've done with yum !

btw, which fedora ?

To install gaim using yum, just do as root,
You may have corrupted your rpm database by doing a partial install of gaim, so you may want to do
before running yum.

yay !! thanks I have gaim working now but still have my annoying driver problem GRRRR
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