Unable to update Perl on RHEL 5.2

[Julian Field]

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Try this:

rpm -e perl-IO perl-File-Temp perl-Math-BigInt perl-Math-BigRat perl-bignum
yum update perl

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Denis Beauchemin wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I am not able to update Perl because of conflicts with RPMs installed 
> by MS.  Any ideas on how to force install it?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Denis
> # yum -y update perl
> Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
> Loading "security" plugin
> rhel-i386-server-5        100% |=========================| 1.4 kB    
> 00:00
> Skipping security plugin, no data
> Setting up Update Process
> Resolving Dependencies
> Skipping security plugin, no data
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package perl.i386 4:5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 set to be updated
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>
> Dependencies Resolved
>
> ============================================================================= 
>
> Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        
> Size
> ============================================================================= 
>
> Updating:
> perl                    i386       4:5.8.8-10.el5_2.3  
> rhel-i386-server-5   12 M
>
> Transaction Summary
> ============================================================================= 
>
> Install      0 Package(s)
> Update       1 Package(s)
> Remove       0 Package(s)
>
> Total download size: 12 M
> Downloading Packages:
> Running rpm_check_debug
> Running Transaction Test
> Finished Transaction Test
>
>
> Transaction Check Error:
>  file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/IO.pm from install 
> of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package 
> perl-IO-1.2301-1
>  file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/IO/Dir.pm from 
> install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package 
> perl-IO-1.2301-1
>  file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/IO/File.pm from 
> install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package 
> perl-IO-1.2301-1
>  file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/IO/Handle.pm from 
> install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package 
> perl-IO-1.2301-1
>  file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/IO/Socket.pm from 
> install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package 
> perl-IO-1.2301-1
>  file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/IO/IO.so from 
> install of perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package 
> perl-IO-1.2301-1
>  file /usr/share/man/man3/IO.3pm.gz from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-IO-1.2301-1
>  file /usr/share/man/man3/IO::Dir.3pm.gz from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-IO-1.2301-1
>  file /usr/share/man/man3/IO::File.3pm.gz from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-IO-1.2301-1
>  file /usr/share/man/man3/IO::Handle.3pm.gz from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-IO-1.2301-1
>  file /usr/share/man/man3/IO::Pipe.3pm.gz from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-IO-1.2301-1
>  file /usr/share/man/man3/IO::Poll.3pm.gz from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-IO-1.2301-1
>  file /usr/share/man/man3/IO::Seekable.3pm.gz from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-IO-1.2301-1
>  file /usr/share/man/man3/IO::Select.3pm.gz from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-IO-1.2301-1
>  file /usr/share/man/man3/IO::Socket.3pm.gz from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-IO-1.2301-1
>  file /usr/share/man/man3/IO::Socket::INET.3pm.gz from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-IO-1.2301-1
>  file /usr/share/man/man3/IO::Socket::UNIX.3pm.gz from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-IO-1.2301-1
>  file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/File/Temp.pm from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package 
> perl-File-Temp-0.19-1
>  file /usr/share/man/man3/File::Temp.3pm.gz from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package 
> perl-File-Temp-0.19-1
>  file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/Math/BigFloat.pm from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package 
> perl-Math-BigInt-1.86-1
>  file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/Math/BigInt.pm from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package 
> perl-Math-BigInt-1.86-1
>  file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/Math/BigInt/Calc.pm from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package 
> perl-Math-BigInt-1.86-1
>  file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/Math/BigInt/CalcEmu.pm from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package 
> perl-Math-BigInt-1.86-1
>  file /usr/share/man/man3/Math::BigFloat.3pm.gz from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package 
> perl-Math-BigInt-1.86-1
>  file /usr/share/man/man3/Math::BigInt.3pm.gz from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package 
> perl-Math-BigInt-1.86-1
>  file /usr/share/man/man3/Math::BigInt::Calc.3pm.gz from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package 
> perl-Math-BigInt-1.86-1
>  file /usr/share/man/man3/Math::BigInt::CalcEmu.3pm.gz from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package 
> perl-Math-BigInt-1.86-1
>  file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/Math/BigRat.pm from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package 
> perl-Math-BigRat-0.19-1
>  file /usr/share/man/man3/Math::BigRat.3pm.gz from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package 
> perl-Math-BigRat-0.19-1
>  file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/bigint.pm from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-bignum-0.21-1
>  file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/bignum.pm from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-bignum-0.21-1
>  file /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/bigrat.pm from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-bignum-0.21-1
>  file /usr/share/man/man3/bigint.3pm.gz from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-bignum-0.21-1
>  file /usr/share/man/man3/bignum.3pm.gz from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-bignum-0.21-1
>  file /usr/share/man/man3/bigrat.3pm.gz from install of 
> perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 conflicts with file from package perl-bignum-0.21-1
>
> Error Summary
> -------------
>

Jules

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