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XFree86 and chkfontpath problems


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I'm trying to install Gnome 2.6.2 on my Mandrake 9.2 Chinese (Traditional TW) system. I seem to be in dependency hell.

 

Gnome 2.6 shows up in the RPMdrake list, but when I try to install it, I get the following error:

The following packages have to be removed for other to be upgraded:

chkfontpath-1.9.10-1mdk.i586 (due to missing XFree86-xfs)

Is it okay to continue?

 

When I try to install XFree86-xfs, I get the following message:

Some package requested cannot be installed:
XFree86-xfs-4.3-32.2.100mdk.i586 (due to unsatisfied XFree86-libs[== 4.3-32.2.100mdk])
do you agree ?

 

As far as I can tell, that package doesn't exist. There is, however, something called libxfree-4.3-32.2.100mdk. However, when I try to install that, I get the following error:

Some package requested cannot be installed:
XFree86-4.3-24.5.92mdk.i586 (due to unsatisfied libxfree86[== 4.3-24.5.92mdk])
libxfree86-4.3-24.5.92mdk.i586
do you agree ?

 

I found and tried to install libxfree86-4.3-24.5.92mdk, but I then get this error:

Some package requested cannot be installed:
XFree86-server-4.3-24.5.92mdk.i586 (due to missing XFree86-xfs-4.3-23mdk.i586)
XFree86-xfs-4.3-23mdk.i586 (trying to promote XFree86-xfs)
chkfontpath-1.9.10-1mdk.i586
xorg-x11-xfs-6.7.0-3mdk.i586 (due to unsatisfied chkfontpath[*])
do you agree ?

 

So the thing requires an earlier version of itself?!? And I've now looped back to the chkfontpath requirement. Is this not the very definition of dependency hell?

 

What should I do? Try to install gnome-2.6.2 with nodeps? But I get the same problem with many other apps (bittorrent gui, amarok, etc.), so I'd really like to get the problem solved once and for all. I'm pretty lost here.

 

Thanks in advance for any help!

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