Conflicts with file from package rpmforge-release

This is presumably because CentOS 5 is based on RHEL 5, which was released in , before git was considered a mature version control system. To get around this problem, we need to add additional repositories to the list that yum uses We're going to add the RPMforge repository, as per these instructions. This assumes you want the i packages. Test by running uname -i. Press y for Yes, and n or return for No. Answer now provided here. Sorry, something went wrong. But rpmfind.

Worth searching for, if you're willing to deal with dependency hell even after you get this far Now you can find rpms on rpmfind. Skip to content. Sign in Sign up. Instantly share code, notes, and snippets. Created Mar 8, Code Revisions 7 Stars 37 Forks Embed What would you like to do?

Embed Embed this gist in your website. How to ignore conflicts in rpm installs Ask Question. Asked 8 years, 6 months ago. Active 2 years, 3 months ago. Viewed k times. On some of these rpms I have a newer version installed in my system so I get for example: package info Any thoughts are welcome. Improve this question. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Jonathon Reinhart k 29 29 gold badges silver badges bronze badges.

Kalim Sayyed Kalim Sayyed 6 6 bronze badges. Freshening command only updates packages that are already in the system. No use if I want to install a new package I don't think we can keep two different version package installed on server.

Let's take a look the manual about rpm : --force Same as using --replacepkgs, --replacefiles, and --oldpackage. Vadim Kotov 7, 8 8 gold badges 45 45 silver badges 61 61 bronze badges. James James 2 2 bronze badges. That didn't answer my question. Not replace it with the old one Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Please keep in mind that all comments are moderated and your email address will NOT be published.

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