[egenix-users] Conflicts when installing egenix-mx-base-2.0.5-py1.5_1.i386.rpm

[M.-A. Lemburg]

John Hawley, Jr wrote:
> I have a Linux 7.2 machine and am attempting to install the
> egenix-mx-base-2.0.5-py1.5_1.i386.rpm.  Here is what is already
> installed so far:
> 
> Easysoft ODBC-ODBC bridge
> 
> unixODBC 2.2.7
> 
> When I attempt to install the egenix-mx-base-2.0.5-py1.5_1.i386.rpm I
> get a long list of conflicts.  All have the following format: file
> /usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/mx/BeeBase/BeeDict.py from install of
> egenix-mx-base-2.0.5-py1.5_1 conflicts with file from package mx-2.0.3-1
> 
> Then it continues down the list and appears that the entire package
> conflicts w/ files from mx-2.0.3-1.  

That's because RedHat in its great wisdom has chosen to use a different
RPM name than the one we started out with. I suppose that a bit of
RPM magic will do the trick since 2.0.5 is backwards compatible
to 2.0.3 and installs in the same location.

> Any help on resolving this issue will be greatly appreciated.  I also
> tried to install the eginx-mx-commercial but it wanted the base package
> installed first.  A never ending cycle on linux.  BTW I want to use
> python scripts that are already in place to connect via odbc to a
> Microsoft sql server database on a separate windows server.  The python
> scripts were originally written to connect to a SOLID database.
> 
>  
> 
> John Hawley, Jr.
> 
> Information Systems Administrator
> 
> Eagle Press, Inc.
> 
> 252.451.1825 ext 225

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Jan 06 2004)
 >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ...        http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ...             http://zope.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________

::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! ::::