Fedora Extras Install All

[rah]

When I try to install all the packages in Fedora Core Extras with:
yum install \*
it finds several conflicts, as shown below. Shouldn't you be able to load all extras without conflict?
If not, then how do you resolve these conflicts?



---> Package blt.i386 0:2.4-10.z set to be installed
---> Downloading header for taglib-devel to pack into transaction set.
taglib-devel-1.3.1-1.i386 100% |=========================| 96 kB
00:00
---> Package taglib-devel.i386 0:1.3.1-1 set to be installed
---> Downloading header for php-rrdtool to pack into transaction set.
php-rrdtool-1.0.49-3.i386 100% |=========================| 4.8 kB
00:00
---> Package php-rrdtool.i386 0:1.0.49-3 set to be installed
---> Downloading header for libksba to pack into transaction set.
libksba-0.4.7-1.i386.rpm 100% |=========================| 3.3 kB
00:00
---> Package libksba.i386 0:0.4.7-1 set to be installed
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Conflict: sylpheed-claws conflicts sylpheed
--> Processing Conflict: php-eaccelerator conflicts php-mmcache
--> Processing Conflict: wxGTK2-devel conflicts wxGTK-devel
--> Processing Conflict: wxGTK-devel conflicts wxGTK2-devel
--> Processing Dependency: cvsgraph = 0:1.5.0-1 for package: cvsgraph-
web
--> Processing Dependency: libiw.so.27 for package: kdenetwork
--> Processing Conflict: oidentd conflicts pidentd
--> Processing Conflict: proftpd conflicts vsftpd
--> Processing Conflict: gktools conflicts gnome-kerberos
--> Processing Conflict: gpgme03-devel conflicts gpgme-devel
--> Processing Conflict: suck conflicts leafnode
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-module-thinkpad >= 0:3.2 for package:
tpctl
--> Processing Dependency: libiw.so.27 for package: NetworkManager
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for wireless-tools to pack into transaction set.
wireless-tools-27-0.pre25 100% |=========================| 7.4 kB
00:00
---> Package wireless-tools.i386 1:27-0.pre25.3 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Conflict: sylpheed-claws conflicts sylpheed
--> Processing Conflict: php-eaccelerator conflicts php-mmcache
--> Processing Conflict: wxGTK2-devel conflicts wxGTK-devel
--> Processing Conflict: wxGTK-devel conflicts wxGTK2-devel
--> Processing Dependency: cvsgraph = 0:1.5.0-1 for package: cvsgraph-
web
--> Processing Conflict: oidentd conflicts pidentd
--> Processing Conflict: proftpd conflicts vsftpd
--> Processing Conflict: gktools conflicts gnome-kerberos
--> Processing Conflict: gpgme03-devel conflicts gpgme-devel
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-module-thinkpad >= 0:3.2 for package:
tpctl
--> Processing Conflict: suck conflicts leafnode
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: sylpheed-claws conflicts with sylpheed
Error: php-eaccelerator conflicts with php-mmcache
Error: wxGTK2-devel conflicts with wxGTK-devel
Error: wxGTK-devel conflicts with wxGTK2-devel
Error: missing dep: cvsgraph = 0:1.5.0-1 for pkg cvsgraph-web
Error: oidentd conflicts with pidentd
Error: proftpd conflicts with vsftpd
Error: gktools conflicts with gnome-kerberos
Error: gpgme03-devel conflicts with gpgme-devel
Error: suck conflicts with leafnode
Error: missing dep: kernel-module-thinkpad >= 0:3.2 for pkg tpctl
[root@capella yum.repos.d]#

[Jman]

Wouldn't that try to install everything, including stuff from other repositories? I see a lot of conflicts.

[foolish]

Sure, if you're using a fresh Core installation with no third party packages installed, and you only have the base, updates and extras repositories configured in yum, you should be able to install all Extras packages.

But if you have more repositories configured (some might not work with Extras) and a lot of third party packages installed, you'll see conflicts.

[rah]

On FC3 I have only the original repositories that the system came with. I then added the Extras and no
other repositories. I assumed that "yum install \*" would install all the extras from the extras repository
and not any packages from the original repositories since they were already installed. Is there some way
in yum to install all the packages from a repository without referencing other repositories? I also assumed
that all extra packages should install without conflict with original packages. Is this not correct?

[andgeo]

try rename your repos other than extras as other.repo.old
or try the following command : yum -y update | grep extras

[rega451]

Originally Posted by rah

When I try to install all the packages in Fedora Core Extras with:
yum install \*
it finds several conflicts, as shown below. Shouldn't you be able to load all extras without conflict?
If not, then how do you resolve these conflicts?

The basic cause of conflicts is that you are trying to install applications that ..... Well ..... Conflict with other applications you are trying to install.

In other words, some apps just don't play well with others. Some of the applications and dependancies (like lib files for example) in one package may not be the same version as another package. When you try to install everything at once you dont give the yum enough time to process these possible discrepancies and reslove them. Then there are aplications that have applets running in the background, things you don't see but that FC3 uses to perform certain tasks. If you have one application that is designed to do a specific task and you try to install another app to do the same thing, FC3 will get confused and not know which one to use. Then there are some applications that just won't work if some other app is installed that it doesn't like.

It is probably not a good idea to install everything, from any source, at one time because of this. If I read the Fedora Extras info correctly, the Fedora Extras are a compilation of packages assembled from many different sources and possibly different versions, not always the latest. Also, if you could just install everything, even if it did work, you may find that you have installed a few things that could cause your FC3 install to function quite differently than you want it to. Not to mention that you will be wasting drive space on things you may never use. Unless you know everything about every package you are trying to install in this way you may be asking for problems.