[RedHat9] Failed to install Gaim
 

Hi all,

The kernel I use is 2.4.20-8.
I was installing Gaim, and had d/l four RPM packages.
(gaim-1.1.0-0rh9.i386.rpm, gaim-devel-1.1.0-0rh9.i386.rpm,
gaim-silc-1.1.0-0rh9.i386.rpm, gaim-tcl-1.1.0-0rh9.i386.rpm)

When I tried to install the 1st one, gaim-1.1.0-0rh9.i386.rpm,
I was told libgtkspell.so.0 is needed by gaim-1.1.0-0rh9.

Hence, I d/l gtkspell-2.0.4-1.9.0.i386.rpm.
(since libgtkspell.so.0 is provided by gtkspell-2.0.4-1.9.0.i386.rpm )

Then I got the following messages:
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warning: gaim-1.1.0-0rh9.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 883c1c14
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
file /usr/bin/gaim from install of gaim-1.1.0-0rh9 conflicts with file from package gaim-0.59.8-0
file /usr/lib/gaim/autorecon.so from install of gaim-1.1.0-0rh9 conflicts with file from package gaim-0.59.8-0
file /usr/lib/gaim/iconaway.so from install of gaim-1.1.0-0rh9 conflicts with file from package gaim-0.59.8-0
file /usr/lib/gaim/libgg.so from install of gaim-1.1.0-0rh9 conflicts with file from package gaim-0.59.8-0
file /usr/lib/gaim/libirc.so from install of gaim-1.1.0-0rh9 conflicts with file from package gaim-0.59.8-0
file /usr/lib/gaim/libjabber.so from install of gaim-1.1.0-0rh9 conflicts with file from package gaim-0.59.8-0
file /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so from install of gaim-1.1.0-0rh9 conflicts with file from package gaim-0.59.8-0
file /usr/lib/gaim/libnapster.so from install of gaim-1.1.0-0rh9 conflicts with file from package gaim-0.59.8-0
file /usr/lib/gaim/libyahoo.so from install of gaim-1.1.0-0rh9 conflicts with file from package gaim-0.59.8-0
file /usr/lib/gaim/libzephyr.so from install of gaim-1.1.0-0rh9 conflicts with file from package gaim-0.59.8-0
file /usr/lib/gaim/notify.so from install of gaim-1.1.0-0rh9 conflicts with file from package gaim-0.59.8-0
file /usr/lib/gaim/spellchk.so from install of gaim-1.1.0-0rh9 conflicts with file from package gaim-0.59.8-0
file /usr/share/man/man1/gaim.1.gz from install of gaim-1.1.0-0rh9 conflicts with file from package gaim-0.59.8-0

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Can any one help me?:scratch:

Try uninstalling the earlier version of gaim [ie. gaim-0.59.8-0 ] and then install the newer version [gaim-1.1.0].

rpm -qa | grep gaim
[will show the version of gaim you already have on your comp]

OR, try 'rpm -Uvh' instead of 'rpm -ivh'

Or is that what you tried? Can't make out. in that case do as UsualTuxpect advised

thanks a lot!!

I tried 'rpm -Uvh' instead of 'rpm -ivh', and it did work.