F8 - Error in xine installation failure - Resolved!

[Barry]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:16:08 -0700, Barry wrote:
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>> Michael Schwendt wrote:
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>>> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:50:07 -0700, Barry wrote:
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>>>> At the end of Xine installation got messages below;
>>>>
>>>> Transaction Check Error:
>>>>   file /usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libxine1.mo from install of 
>>>> xine-lib-1.1.12-2.fc8 conflicts with file from package xine-lib-1.1.8-4.fc8
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>>>> Error Summary
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>>>> As a result the Xine installation failed.
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>>> x86_64, right?
>>>
>>> Even if you answer "no", it smells a lot like you have multiple
>>> versions of xine-lib installed.
>>>
>>> Run "yum -y install yum-utils" if you haven't got them already.
>>>
>>> Then run "yum-complete-transaction ; package-cleanup --cleandupes"
>>> as superuser.
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>> I install yum-utils and then run ;
>> yum-complete-transaction ; package-cleanup --cleandupes
>> No unfinished transactions left.
>> Setting up yum
>> No dupes to clean
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>
> Then please show the complete Yum output of your xine installation
> attempt. Preferably do it after making sure that you've got the latest yum
> for F8 (yum -y update yum). Plus, post the output of: rpm -qa xine\*
>
> xine-lib-1.1.12-2.fc8 is latest for both x86_64 and i386. It doesn't
> become clear at all why an older xine-lib-1.1.8-4.fc8 at your end is
> simply not updated. Unless e.g. your Yum somehow wants to update only one
> of two installed xine-lib packages.
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>> I wiped out F9 and fresh installed F8 again with Livna enabled, but yum 
>> installation for mplayer, xine, vlc all failed deal to lib conflicts.
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> The crystal ball here is failing to see what "lib conflicts" you refer to.
> You've managed to post a long story, but without the important details.
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>> The F9 can yum install xine and mplayer.
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> There's a different between F9 x86_64 and F8 x86_64 with regard to
> whether x86 packages are installed by default. F9 no longer installs
> both unless something is required or asked for. Many x86_64 users
> with F8 or older modify their yum.conf to exclude i?86 packages, too.
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The problem is yum! After as updated yum with "yum -y update yum" as you 
suggested, and the I did the yum install xine, this time everything 
worked out fine. I could never imagine that yum can be the cause of rpm 
installation failure! I learned one more linux thing in a hard way. 
Thanks Mike.