proftpd installation problem

[Rick Stevens]

Chen, Douglas wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I tried to install ProFtpd (1.2.9-1.7x) on a RedHat 8.0 Phyche machine and got
> the following message.
> 
> rpm -i proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x.i386.rpm 
>         file /etc/pam.d/ftp from install of proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>         file /usr/bin/ftpcount from install of proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>         file /usr/bin/ftpwho from install of proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>         file /usr/sbin/ftpshut from install of proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>         file /usr/share/man/man1/ftpcount.1.gz from install of proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>         file /usr/share/man/man1/ftpwho.1.gz from install of proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>         file /usr/share/man/man5/xferlog.5.gz from install of proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
>         file /usr/share/man/man8/ftpshut.8.gz from install of proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x conflicts with file from package wu-ftpd-2.6.2-8
> 
> Is there anything I can do to fix this problem? Thank you very much
> for your help in advance. 

That's a common glitch.  Add the "--force" option:

	rpm -ivh --force proftpd-1.2.9-1.7x.i386.rpm

(the "vh" are "verbose" and "print hashes as you do stuff"--just a
little feedback to let you see when things are happening).

The conflicts are because proftpd includes man pages that should replace
those of the default wu-ftpd.  rpm won't let you overwrite files unless
you explicitly tell it to (by the "--force" option).
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