Problem installing RPM

[TonyGroves]

I'm new to Linux and it's my first time installing a package from outside of YAST. I'm running Suse 8.2 Pro.

It's Gimp 2.0 that I'm trying to install, from a magazine CD. Now, when I try to install the RPM, I'm told that it depends on fontconfig 2.2.0, so I go to

http://rpmfind.net/linux/PLD/current/dists/ac/ready/i686/

and get fontconfig-2.2.92-1.i686.rpm, but when I try to install that, I'm told that "/etc/fonts/fonts.dtd conflicts with file from XFree86-4.3.0-15".

Can anybody tell me what I need to do now? Thanks.

 

[stefanwagner]

You firstly would test if rpm is telling the truth

locate fontconfig

and look for a file like fontconfig*.so.*
If it matches *2.2.*, there might be a missing link:
supposed there is a /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.2.2.1 but no /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so
you would simply need to make a link:

ln -s /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.2.2.1 /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so

Another trick would be, to make a backup of the .dtd - file,
move it away, and see whether it was the only error.
If yes, you could keep in mind the modifikation, and wait, whether something with fonts is broken in future.

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[TonyGroves]

Stefan - thanks for that.

I tried both of those suggestions.

There is a link /usr/X11R6/lib/libfontconfig.so which points to /usr/X11R6/lib/libfontconfig.so.1.0. That is the highest fontconfig version I could find.

So, I tried installing again, and I got the same messages: "/etc/fonts/fonts.dtd conflicts with file from XFree86-4.3.0-15" and "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf conflicts with file from xf86tools-0.1-537".

So, I moved fonts.dtd and fonts.conf from /etc/fonts/ to my home directory, and tried again, but I got the same messsages about fonts.dtd and fonts.conf conflicting.


Any more ideas anybody?
Thanks.

 

[stefanwagner]

You could try rpm -f, which means 'force, ignore conflicts'.
But you do it on your own risk - perhaps something gets broken - other apps, depending on the old settings.



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