Problems installing xorg-x11-6.8.2-37.FC4.45

[Øyvind Stegard]

Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> In order to solve a nasty problem with xorg-x11 I installed xorg-
> x11-6.8.2-45 from rawhide. Now it has been released under the name of:
> xorg-x11-6.8.2-37.FC4.45 and when trying to install this package using
> "yum update" I get:
> 
> Transaction Check Error:   package xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-45 (which is
> newer than xorg-x11-6.8.2-37.FC4.45) is already installed
> 
> As I am quite new with yum I don't know how to overcome this. What magic
> option will force the released version onto the system?
Look at list of files yum proposes to download/install, then download 
them manually from 
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/i386/

Then (in the folder _only_ containing the newly downloaded xorg-rpms):
$ rpm -Uvh --force *.rpm

.. to force install/update.

Øyvind
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