using yup, apt-get

[Kimball Larsen]

First off, I highly recommend you read the man pages for apt-get, yup, an=
d rpm=20
before you mess with this stuff.

That said, here ya go.

As root, do the following:

in a terminal, type:
rpm -q kdebase

This will ask the rpm package database what version(s) of kdebase you hav=
e=20
installed, and will return something like this:

[quangdog@localhost quangdog]$ rpm -q kdebase
kdebase-3.0.0-2b

only yours will probably list 2 of them...=20

so then, decide which version you want to keep, and do the following:

rpm -e --test kdebase-versionToRemove=20

This will tell you that there are all kinds of dependancies that will be=20
broken if you do this... if you feel confident that you can complete this=
 rpm=20
surgery carefully to remove the old packages without breaking stuff beyon=
d=20
repair, then do this:

rpm -e --nodeps kdebase-versionToRemove

I would repeat this process with all your duplicate packages (there were =
about=20
10-15 when I installed kde 3)

To find duplicate packages, you can do this:
apt-get check

That should not only list what packages are duplicates, but will also giv=
e you=20
the version numbers of the packages installed, so its easier to decide wh=
ich=20
ones to remove.

Good luck!

-Kimball
On Thursday 06 June 2002 10:02, robert e nuzum wrote:
> I have installed kde3 successfully and also liquid. Now when I try to u=
se
> apt-get or yup I receive the message"there are two or more versions of =
the
> package 'kdebase' installed in your system which is a situation APT can=
't
> handle cleanly  at the moment."
> then I am requested to"Remove the older packages, leaving only one vers=
ion
> installed." I can't seem to find the older installed packages.  I have
> removed all the  duplicate rpms but that doesn't seem to be it.
> Help would  be appreciated.
> Bob
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