Alternate package names?

[Myroslava Dzikovska <myros cs rochester edu>]

Hi,

I am relatively new to managing packages with rpm, and I run into this problem 
several times. So, I have Suse Linux 8.0. Some of the packages that come with 
it by default are old, and some are just named slightly differently than in 
other instalations (gtk instead of gtk+ etc). I want to upgrade some of my 
packages. I get the rpm, and it tells me that the dependencies are not 
satisfied. I know that I have the right package, but it has a different name. 
In another version of the same problem, the package I am installing may have a 
differently capitalized name from the version I have on disk, and I will get 
file conflicts. I can force the install, but next time use yast, it will 
notice unresolved dependencies or conflicting files and complain, too.

Is there a way to get around this? I would like to be able to tell RPM that 
the set of names in fact refers to the same package. Or to change the name and 
dependencies in the package I am installing to what I need. I have not been 
able to figure out how to do it easily. I have been making my own rpms by 
re-compiling the tar.gz files, but that is extra trouble and takes away much 
of the convenience from the whole rpm system.

Myrosia

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Myroslava Dzikovska 
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