Updating SDL rpm on Mandrake

SDL Development
1

Hi all,
I have downloaded the latest SDL release and tried to install it
using rpminst under Mandrake 8.0 and I get a message saying there is a
conflict between the once in usr/lib/SDL_1.1 and the new one I am trying
to install. I am extremely new to the world of Linux so can anyone give
me some pointers about how I can update to the new SDL release?

Thanks in advance,

Dominique.
http://www.DelphiGamer.com

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Hi all,
I have downloaded the latest SDL release and tried to install it
using rpminst under Mandrake 8.0 and I get a message saying there is a
conflict between the once in usr/lib/SDL_1.1 and the new one I am trying
to install. I am extremely new to the world of Linux so can anyone give
me some pointers about how I can update to the new SDL release?

Just remove the old one. This version of the RPM should create a symbolic
link for SDL 1.1 backwards compatibility.

See ya,
-Sam Lantinga, Software Engineer, Blizzard Entertainment

3

Thanks Sam.

Sam Lantinga wrote:>> Hi all,

I have downloaded the latest SDL release and tried to install it
using rpminst under Mandrake 8.0 and I get a message saying there is a
conflict between the once in usr/lib/SDL_1.1 and the new one I am trying
to install. I am extremely new to the world of Linux so can anyone give
me some pointers about how I can update to the new SDL release?

Just remove the old one. This version of the RPM should create a symbolic
link for SDL 1.1 backwards compatibility.

See ya,
-Sam Lantinga, Software Engineer, Blizzard Entertainment

4

Hi Sam,
I just tried what you suggested and it still says the same thing.
even After I did a search and manually deleted all the libSDL-* files it
could find. Is there a way of finding symbolic links, as it is the only
thing I would not find?

Dominique.

Sam Lantinga wrote:>> Hi all,

I have downloaded the latest SDL release and tried to install it
using rpminst under Mandrake 8.0 and I get a message saying there is a
conflict between the once in usr/lib/SDL_1.1 and the new one I am trying
to install. I am extremely new to the world of Linux so can anyone give
me some pointers about how I can update to the new SDL release?

Just remove the old one. This version of the RPM should create a symbolic
link for SDL 1.1 backwards compatibility.

See ya,
-Sam Lantinga, Software Engineer, Blizzard Entertainment

5

Hi Sam,
Please ignore my last email as I found out what I was doing wrong.
Thanks for your help anyways.

Dominique - aspiring game developer
http://www.DelphiGamer.com

Sam Lantinga wrote:>> Hi all,

I have downloaded the latest SDL release and tried to install it
using rpminst under Mandrake 8.0 and I get a message saying there is a
conflict between the once in usr/lib/SDL_1.1 and the new one I am trying
to install. I am extremely new to the world of Linux so can anyone give
me some pointers about how I can update to the new SDL release?

Just remove the old one. This version of the RPM should create a symbolic
link for SDL 1.1 backwards compatibility.

See ya,
-Sam Lantinga, Software Engineer, Blizzard Entertainment

6

Hi Sam,
I just tried what you suggested and it still says the same thing.
even After I did a search and manually deleted all the libSDL-* files it
could find. Is there a way of finding symbolic links, as it is the only
thing I would not find?

You need to use rpm to remove the entry for the previous version that was
installed:

rpm -e --nodeps SDL SDL-devel

See ya,
-Sam Lantinga, Software Engineer, Blizzard Entertainment

7

Or, you could try upgrading the packages…

rpm -U

(uninstalling RPMs can screw things up, and the error messages abou
dependancies can be confusing the newbies)

Mark ‘Nurgle’ Collins
Developer Support - Codeplay Ltd.
http://www.codeplay.com> ----- Original Message -----

From: slouken@devolution.com (Sam Lantinga)
Newsgroups: loki.open-source.sdl
To:
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 5:56 AM
Subject: Re: [SDL] Updating SDL rpm on Mandrake…

rpm -e --nodeps SDL SDL-devel