CentOS - Dec 2005 - Manual update

Hi all,

I have a problem :).

On my CentOS workstation, I had      glib2-2.4.7-1 installed.
This is the last version which is provided by the CentOS distribution
However, I need to install a software which requires an higher glib2 
version so :

I took the source of glib2-2.8.4-1 on the gtk+ web site and creates the 
rpm installation file with "chkinstall"
I obtained the glib2-2.8.4-1.i386.rpm file
Then I execute yum to update the glib2 package  :

yum localupdate glib2-2.8.4-1.i386.rpm

And know, I have a lot of problems. Surely because some library files 
where overwritten with the newer version files (Right or wrong ?)....

Is there a way to recover the problem ? (Now, I can't launch a terminal 
under gnome)

Well, I have broken the distribution and I feel that I will have to 
reinstall it.

For the next time that I will try to update a package manually :
Is there a safe way to update manually the glib2 library without 
crashing all the distribution ?
Or is there a way to install the latest version of glib2 in order to 
have the two libraries versions installed (glib2-2.4.7-1 and 
glib2-2.8.4-1)?
or something else ?????

Thank you for your answers,

Jean LEE

To fix, just download the original glib2.rpm (from the CD/DVD? or from 
the net) and install via
rpm --oldpackage -hvU glib2.....rpm
this will likely fix things for you...
as to how to keep both packages installed - no idea...

On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, Jean Lee wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a problem :).
>
> On my CentOS workstation, I had      glib2-2.4.7-1 installed.
> This is the last version which is provided by the CentOS distribution
> However, I need to install a software which requires an higher glib2
version
> so :
>
> I took the source of glib2-2.8.4-1 on the gtk+ web site and creates the rpm
> installation file with "chkinstall"
> I obtained the glib2-2.8.4-1.i386.rpm file
> Then I execute yum to update the glib2 package  :
>
> yum localupdate glib2-2.8.4-1.i386.rpm
>
> And know, I have a lot of problems. Surely because some library files where
> overwritten with the newer version files (Right or wrong ?)....
>
> Is there a way to recover the problem ? (Now, I can't launch a terminal
under
> gnome)
>
> Well, I have broken the distribution and I feel that I will have to
reinstall
> it.
>
> For the next time that I will try to update a package manually :
> Is there a safe way to update manually the glib2 library without crashing
all
> the distribution ?
> Or is there a way to install the latest version of glib2 in order to have
the
> two libraries versions installed (glib2-2.4.7-1 and glib2-2.8.4-1)?
> or something else ?????
>
> Thank you for your answers,
>
> Jean LEE
>
>
>
>
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