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Transaction Check Error: package libIDL-0.8.4-1.centos4 (which is newer than libIDL-0.8.4-1) is already insta
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I tried removing libIDL-0.8.4-1.centos4
# yum remove libIDL-0.8.4-1.centos4
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Removing:
libIDL x86_64 0.8.4-1.centos4 installed 198 k
Removing for dependencies:
GConf2 x86_64 2.8.1-1 installed 4.0 M
ORBit2 x86_64 2.12.0-3 installed 801 k
bluez-pin x86_64 0.23-3 installed 38 k
firstboot noarch 1.3.39-5.centos4 installed 712 k
gdm x86_64 1:2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.12 installed 7.7 M
gnome-python2 x86_64 2.6.0-3 installed 554 k
gnome-python2-bonobo x86_64 2.6.0-3 installed 199 k
gnome-python2-canvas x86_64 2.6.0-3 installed 47 k
gnome-python2-gtkhtml2 x86_64 2.6.0-3 installed 23 k
gnome-vfs2 x86_64 2.8.2-8.2 installed 4.1 M
gtkhtml2 x86_64 2.6.2-1 installed 530 k
krb5-auth-dialog x86_64 0.2-1 installed 21 k
libbonobo x86_64 2.8.0-2 installed 1.7 M
libbonoboui x86_64 2.8.0.99cvs20040929-2 installed 1.1 M
libgnome x86_64 2.8.0-2 installed 2.7 M
libgnomeui x86_64 2.8.0-1 installed 2.8 M
libgsf x86_64 1.10.1-2 installed 181 k
librsvg2 x86_64 2.8.1-1.el4.1 installed 386 k
metacity x86_64 2.8.6-2.8 installed 7.5 M
pyorbit x86_64 2.0.1-1 installed 99 k
rhn-applet x86_64 2.1.25-22.centos4 installed 933 k
seamonkey x86_64 1.0.8-0.2.el4.centos installed 31 M
system-config-display noarch 1.0.24-1 installed 570 k
system-config-httpd noarch 5:1.3.1-1 installed 1.6 M
system-config-lvm noarch 1.0.19-1.0 installed 2.1 M
system-config-network noarch 1.3.22.0.EL.4.2-1 installed 2.4 M
system-config-packages noarch 1.2.23-1 installed 1.1 M
system-config-printer-gui x86_64 0.6.116.5-1 installed 442 k
up2date-gnome x86_64 4.4.69-25.centos4.7 installed 688 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 0 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 30 Package(s)
Total download size: 0
I hesitate to proceed further being uncertain whether their removal will result in making the OS unstable.
Well, if you remove all 30 of those packages GNOME won't work anymore.
Hi Arow,
CentOS 4.4 amd64
Tks for your advice.
I'm running Xfce4 desktop only w/o GNOME nor KDE desktops. I don't know whether other packages need those dependencies pulldown during their installation.
Hard to say without knowing everything installed on your system. If you're using XFCE you won't need Metacity, but there are a grunch of Gtk-based applications that depend on the GNOME libraries (i.e., libbonobo, libbonoboui, libgnome, libgnomeui, libgsf, librsvg2, and ORBit2). There are several XFCE applications that require GNOME components like GConf2 and gnome-vfs2 as optional dependencies as well.
A similar situation exists for the gnome-python bindings. Obviously seamonkey won't work if you uninstall it, but it may also be providing the NSPR stuff required by other packages. If so, then these will be borked too. Personally, I wouldn't uninstall those 30 packages, but then I wouldn't use a package manager either .
Hard to say without knowing everything installed on your system. If you're using XFCE you won't need Metacity, but there are a grunch of Gtk-based applications that depend on the GNOME libraries (i.e., libbonobo, libbonoboui, libgnome, libgnomeui, libgsf, librsvg2, and ORBit2). There are several XFCE applications that require GNOME components like GConf2 and gnome-vfs2 as optional dependencies as well.
A similar situation exists for the gnome-python bindings. Obviously seamonkey won't work if you uninstall it, but it may also be providing the NSPR stuff required by other packages. If so, then these will be borked too. Personally, I wouldn't uninstall those 30 packages, but then I wouldn't use a package manager either .
Hi Arow,
In fact I don't need OpenOffice. I only need a GUI text editor to read/edit .txt files. I have nano/vi/etc. here but they can't scroll with mouse wheel. I also have nedit here but the fonts on its screen are too tiny to read. I can't adjust them because I failed to properly configure the font files after spending serval days of hard working. The text editor is for taking notes on fine-tuning the server.
At the beginning I installed this box as server without X. Later I was compelled adding it because I need a GUI browser and a text editor with scrolling function. That is the complete story.
OpenOffice certainly would be a heavy duty text editor!
Mousepad is the default XFCE-4.4.0 text editor and scrolls with the mouse wheel. gVim will scroll with the mouse wheel. In fact, my nano scrolls with the mouse wheel.
OpenOffice certainly would be a heavy duty text editor!
Agreed. I'm anticipating it won't have font file/fontpath problem on xorg.conf
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Mousepad is the default XFCE-4.4.0 text editor and scrolls with the mouse wheel.
No. I can't find it here nor on CentOS repo. IIRC previously I have to download it on Internet. 'nedit' is running here.
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gVim will scroll with the mouse wheel.
I don't have gVim here. I'll explore CentOS repo to check it later.
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In fact, my nano scrolls with the mouse wheel.
It can scroll the Terminal screen here but not the file opened by nano. IIRC I need to evoke something on nano to make mouse functioning. Is it right? How to do it? TIA
Ooops, my bad. I presumed you had version 4.4.0 of XFCE. If you're using a previous version you probably have Leafpad, IIRC. Mousepad'll work and even if you need to build it yourself it's easy.
I'm guessing it can be set in your nanorc file, but I'm at work and using Windows so I can't look right now.
OO is not an ideal text editor for my purpose. Mousepad is not on CentOS repo. I ran it before on other distro. Now I found Vim-X11, Gvim, which is a fantastic text editor for me. I have it running now. My problem is not completely solved. I can select fonts on Gvim but unable to adjust space between characters, wider than usual. I suppose it comes back to my old problem, font/fontpath on xorg.conf not properly configured. I'll leave it without a solution so far as I can have a text editor for my purpose.
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