I'm trying to install the newest Snackamp rpm and this is what I've done and what's happening:

Currently installed:
snackamp-2.2-4.fdw.test.rh90.noarch.rpm with
libsnack-2.2.7-1.0.rh9.dag.i386.rpm
uses tcl 8.3
Works, but a bit buggy. So I'd like a newer version

Trying to install:
snackamp-3.0.2-1.dag.src.rpm


Step 1: rebuilding the snackamp-3.0.2-1.dag.src.rpm
error message reads:
error: Failed build dependencies:
tcl >= 8.4 is needed by snackamp-3.0.2-1.dag

Step 2: Install required tcl packages
rpm -ivh tcl-8.4.5-7.i386.rpm tcl-devel-8.4.5-7.i386.rpm
Says it conflicts with:
file /usr/share/man/mann/unset.n.gz from install of tcl-devel-8.4.5-7 conflicts with file from package tcl-8.3.5-88
and a bunch of other stuff related to tcl-8.3.5-88

Step 3: try to upgrade current tcl package instead
rpm -Uvh tcl-8.4.5-7.i386.rpm tcl-devel-8.4.5-7.i386.rpm
Get this message:
[root@localhost tcltk]# rpm -Uvh tcl-8.4.5-7.i386.rpm tcl-devel-8.4.5-7.i386.rpm
warning: tcl-8.4.5-7.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 4f2a6fd2
error: Failed dependencies:
libtcl8.3.so is needed by (installed) tuxracer-0.61-19
libtcl8.3.so is needed by (installed) compat-db-3.3.11-4
libtcl8.3.so is needed by (installed) expect-5.38.0-88
libtcl8.3.so is needed by (installed) isdn4k-utils-vboxgetty-3.1-62
libtcl8.3.so is needed by (installed) postgresql-tcl-7.3.2-3
libtcl8.3.so is needed by (installed) postgresql-pl-7.3.2-3
libtcl8.3.so is needed by (installed) tk-8.3.5-88
libtcl8.3.so is needed by (installed) expectk-5.38.0-88
libtcl8.3.so is needed by (installed) pvm-gui-3.4.4-12
libtcl8.3.so is needed by (installed) ruby-tcltk-1.6.8-5
libtcl8.3.so is needed by (installed) tclx-8.3-88
libtcl8.3.so is needed by (installed) tix-8.1.4-88
libtcl8.3.so is needed by (installed) tkinter-2.2.2-26
libtcl8.3.so is needed by (installed) csound-4.24-1
libitcl3.2.so is needed by (installed) tix-8.1.4-88
libitk3.2.so is needed by (installed) tix-8.1.4-88
itcl is needed by (installed) tix-8.1.4-88
Step 4: search for libraries
slocate libtcl8.3.so
/usr/lib/libtcl8.3.so
have it

slocate libitcl3.2.so
/usr/lib/libitcl3.2.so
have it

slocate libitk3.2.so
/usr/lib/libitk3.2.so
have it

have them all.

Step 5: Try to force upgrade
rpm -Uvh --force tcl-8.4.5-7.i386.rpm tcl-devel-8.4.5-7.i386.rpm
warning: tcl-8.4.5-7.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 4f2a6fd2
error: Failed dependencies:

Force does the same thing as Upgrade.

How do I get around this?
Any help would be appreciated.

P.S. I'm not really the King of Japan.
But I'd like to be.

its good that u tried all these options and posted them here

did u try force install??

rpm -ivh --force

regards

Thanks for the reply.

I haven't tried that one.

I'll try it.

If that doesn't work, I guess I'll try to
rpm --nodeps -e tcl

and install the newer packages.
It will most likely render the dependency packages unusable, but what the hey, I'll just upgrade them. However, I see a potential dependency Catch-22 nightmare that might occur if I need to go that route.
It's good practice I suppose, because I'm sure I'll see this problem again if I continue to RH, Fedora, or any RPM based distributions.

Once again thanks for the input.
I'll reply in a bit on what happened.

Using the rpm -ivh --force worked.
It just wouldn't force an Upgrade.

Then I had to upgrade Tk to 8.4
Then I had to install this metakit thingy.

Then I could install snackamp.

After 2 days and 21 steps later, I got it installed.

Thanks Man

"After 2 days and 21 steps later, I got it installed."

thats the way it works , but it works for sure!!