[TriLUG] Mozilla mess

Daniel Monjar Daniel.Monjar at na.biomerieux.com
Mon Sep 30 15:47:43 EDT 2002


rpm --nodeps is your friend...

--On Monday, September 30, 2002 3:36 PM -0400 Janyne Kizer 
<janyne_kizer at ncsu.edu> wrote:

> I have a RedHat 7.2 box that has a big Mozilla mess on it.  I would like
> to put Mozilla 1.1 on it.  It had the 0.9 version on it.  I could not
> use the RPMs to install 1.1 because of conflicts with 0.9.  Then I went
> to use the rpm -e option to remove the stuff.  I have it down to about
> three RPMs installed but they are somehow crossreferencing each other.
> I feel like I am in Mozilla hell!
>
> nautilus-mozilla-1.0.4-47 cannot be removed because it is needed by
> nautilus-1.0.4-47
>
> but
>
> nautilus-1.0.4-47 cannot be removed because it is needed by
> nautilus-mozilla-1.0.4-47
>
> this means that
>
> mozilla-0.9.9-12.7.2 cannot be removed because of a dependency on
> nautilus-mozilla-1.0.4-47
>
> and
>
> mozilla-nspr-0.9.9-12.7.2 cannot be removed because it is needed by both
> mozilla and nautilus-mozilla
>
> I tried the --force command but to no avail.  I also tried to force and
> upgrade but no luck there either.  Any tips would be appreciated
> --
>
> Janyne Kizer
> CNE-3, CNE-4, CNE-5
> Systems Programmer Administrator
> NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
> Extension Information Technology
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--
Daniel Monjar
IS Manager, Technical Services
bioMérieux, Inc.
Durham, NC US




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