RPM conflicts

[Kyle D. Harris]

Here is a small bit of the error when i try to install a rpm after a tar.gz file was installed.

file /usr/share/man/man1/spkac.1ssl.gz from install of openssl-0.9.7a-20 conflicts with file from package openssl-0.9.7a-2
file /usr/share/man/man1/sslpasswd.1ssl.gz from install of openssl-0.9.7a-20 conflicts with file from package openssl-0.9.7a-2
file /usr/share/man/man1/sslrand.1ssl.gz from install of openssl-0.9.7a-20 conflicts with file from package openssl-0.9.7a-2
file /usr/share/man/man1/verify.1ssl.gz from install of openssl-0.9.7a-20 conflicts with
file from package openssl-0.9.7a-2
file /usr/share/man/man1/version.1ssl.gz from install of openssl-0.9.7a-20 conflicts with file from package openssl-0.9.7a-2
file /usr/share/man/man1/x509.1ssl.gz from install of openssl-0.9.7a-20 conflicts with file from package openssl-0.9.7a-2
file /usr/share/man/man5/config.5ssl.gz from install of openssl-0.9.7a-20 conflicts with
file from package openssl-0.9.7a-2
file /usr/share/man/man7/des_modes.7ssl.gz from install of openssl-0.9.7a-20 conflicts with file from package openssl-0.9.7a-2
file /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt from install of openssl-0.9.7a-20 conflicts with
file from package openssl-0.9.7a-2

[Mark Grant]

These conflicts don't conflict with a tar.gz install. they conflict with a previous rpm that was installed. Remove "openssl-0.9.7a-2" rpm. Of course, these names are so similar that they might actually be the same one and the last "0" got lost in the cut and paste. If so then I am wrong and it is conflicting with something else.

You could try "forcing" the rpm install as, if they really are the same or it is conflicting with a previous .gz file, it wont really matter because it's the same software.

I think its "rpm --force -i" but you might want to check the man page on that or wait for Huc to tell you :)

[Kyle D. Harris]

Hmmm very interesting. I looked and the "0" did not in fact get lost in the cut in paste. It really is just the 2 it ends with. Maybe i'll try the force.... Thanks Mark.

[Sergejs Svitnevs]

You must upgrade the old openssl-0.9.7a-2 package.

# rpm -Fvh openssl-0.9.7a-20.i386.rpm

"F" option will only upgrade a package if an older version is already installed.

Regards,
Sergejs

[Balaji N]

please be aware of the consequences before you force upgrade an rpm. if you break some dependency, then you might end up with some application not being working.

my 2paise.
-balaji

[Huc_1]

An other one !

I have tryed to answer this in the following link
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=292708

please follow-up there ...

J-P

[Martin P.J. Zinser]

Maybe it is a good idea to first check what rpm thinks you have installed:

zinser@bibo:~> rpm -q -a | grep -i ssl
openssl-0.9.6i-12

(And yes, I do have a never SSL, but that was installed directly from the source tarball, so rpm does not know about it ;-)