Re: Requiring that a package is not installed

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq jbj gmail com>]

On Oct 16, 2006, at 2:47 PM, Erez Zilber wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My rpm requires that a certain package will not be installed in  
> order to install it. How can I do that?

There are basically two ways:

1) Add a Conflicts:
	This causes any install with your package to fail if other pkgs is  
currently installed.

2) Add an Obsoletes:
	The other package will be removed if installed.

Option 2) is often easier and smoother (if appropriate for your needs).

73 de Jeff