Re: Help with RH8 uninstall and reinstall of rpm

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 03:05:13PM +1100, SydneyBiz wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to uninstall my original Apache and then install the new one 
> but for some reason I am unable.
> 
> I get this mesage....
> 
> [root LinuxBox root]# rpm -e httpd-2.0.40-11.9
> error: Failed dependencies:
>        httpd-mmn = 20020628 is needed by (installed) mod_perl-1.99_05-3
>        httpd-mmn = 20020628 is needed by (installed) mod_python-3.0.0-10
>        httpd-mmn = 20020628 is needed by (installed) php-4.2.2-8.0.5
>        httpd-mmn = 20020628 is needed by (installed) mod_ssl-2.0.40-11.9
>        libapr.so.0 is needed by (installed) mod_perl-1.99_05-3
>        libaprutil.so.0 is needed by (installed) mod_perl-1.99_05-3
>        httpd is needed by (installed) redhat-config-httpd-1.0.1-13
>        httpd >= 2.0.40 is needed by (installed) mod_perl-1.99_05-3
>        httpd >= 2.0.40 is needed by (installed) mod_python-3.0.0-10
>        httpd is needed by (installed) mod_ssl-2.0.40-11.9
> [root LinuxBox root]#
> 
> I am a newby and prefer the KDE graphics to do it but can'y quite get a 
> hold of it.
> 
> In the meantime does the message above mean it has been deleted or not.
> 
> If not how do I get this deleted?
> 
> Thanks

Umm, why don't you upgrade instead of uninstall/install?  Just

  rpm -Fvh httpd-2*.rpm

"man rpm" for more information.

Cheers,
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Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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