Re: rpm - can I keep the old version?

["ABrady" <kcsmart kc rr com>]

I personally try to avoid --force and usually opt for --replacefiles. It
amounts to much the same but seems a little less brutal. Coincidence or no,
I've also had a few less problems with it, too.

> I'll give some background... scroll down for my actual question. Thanks!
>
> On a RH 7.1 system...
> I'm trying to install latest version of KOffice, and getting dependency
> problems (imagine that).
>
> Specifically:
> # rpm -Uvh koffice-1.1-2.i386.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
>         libcrypto.so.2   is needed by koffice-1.1-2
>         libfam.so.0   is needed by koffice-1.1-2
>         libkdeprint.so.0   is needed by koffice-1.1-2
>         libssl.so.2   is needed by koffice-1.1-2
>
> So, I thought I'd fix that, so downloaded newer version of openssl and
> tried:
> # rpm -Uvh openssl-0.9.6b-6.i386.rpm
>         libcrypto.so.1   is needed by bind-utils-9.1.0-10
>         libcrypto.so.1   is needed by slrn-0.9.6.4-2
>         libcrypto.so.1   is needed by cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-17
>         libcrypto.so.1   is needed by openldap-2.0.7-14
>         libcrypto.so.1   is needed by pine-4.33-8
>         libcrypto.so.1   is needed by sendmail-8.11.2-14
>         libcrypto.so.1   is needed by fetchmail-5.7.4-4
>         libcrypto.so.1   is needed by lynx-2.8.4-9
>         libcrypto.so.1   is needed by python-1.5.2-30
>         libcrypto.so.1   is needed by pidentd-3.0.12-4
>         libcrypto.so.1   is needed by ucd-snmp-4.2-12
>         libcrypto.so.1   is needed by ucd-snmp-utils-4.2-12
>         libcrypto.so.1   is needed by kdebase-2.1.1-8
>         libcrypto.so.1   is needed by kdelibs-2.1.2-1
>         libssl.so.1   is needed by slrn-0.9.6.4-2
>         libssl.so.1   is needed by openldap-2.0.7-14
>         libssl.so.1   is needed by pine-4.33-8
>         libssl.so.1   is needed by sendmail-8.11.2-14
>         libssl.so.1   is needed by fetchmail-5.7.4-4
>         libssl.so.1   is needed by lynx-2.8.4-9
>         libssl.so.1   is needed by python-1.5.2-30
>         libssl.so.1   is needed by kdebase-2.1.1-8
>         libssl.so.1   is needed by kdelibs-2.1.2-1
>
> Obviously, I still need the older version of these libs out there for the
> above software packages.
>
> So, I got brave (or stupid) and tried to keep both versions of the libs
> out there by:
> # rpm -i openssl-0.9.6b-6.i386.rpm
> file /usr/bin/openssl from install of openssl-0.9.6b-6 conflicts with
> file from package openssl-0.9.6-3
> file /usr/share/ssl/openssl.cnf from install of openssl-0.9.6b-6 conflicts
> with file from package openssl-0.9.6-3
>
>
> MY QUESTION - Since I use so many of the above apps which rely on the old
> version of the libs, can I do what I tried in the above step (i.e. install
> rather than upgrade), and use the --force?  Is this wise?  If this is not
> the solution, what is?
>
> Thanks in advance for the help.

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