 | | | Yum dependency Problem after Upgrade ? | Yum dependency Problem after Upgrade ? 2007-02-08 - By Rick Stevens
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On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 23:32 -0500, mylar wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> Just the other day I updated a FC3 box to FC5 via CD's. For the very
> first time I opted to do an upgrade instead of a fresh install. The
> upgrade went fine, or so I thought. Then some problems crept in...
>
> I noticed some apps (i.e.) emacs seem to be missing necessary fonts.
>
> But most important, I can't do any updates with yum. If I try to update
> a (say kde) I get the following dependency eerrors
>
> XFree86-devel needed...
> xorg-x11-devel needed...
>
> If I try and install these via yum it doesn't work...
>
> Any ideas ? Could it have something to do with depreciation of certain
> packages between versions ?? I tried googling around but found nothing
> helpful. Or should I just go back and do a fresh install of FC5 ??
I'd do a fresh install. FC5 uses Xorg for X instead of FC3's XFree86.
There's lots of inherent differences between the two systems...
especially in the development trees. You're running into that issue.
Can you fix it without a reinstall? Yes, but it can be rather time
consuming and frustrating. I've done it. I wouldn't do it again.
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