Libpng conflicts with other version but the binary is not there

[Gianttora]

Hi there,

I'm trying to install libpng-1.2.5-7.i386.rpm in my FC5 box. But unfortunately it clashes with libpng-1.2.8-2.2.1 which is already installed.
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[root@supportsvr html]# rpm -iv libpng-1.2.5-7.i386.rpm
Preparing packages for installation...
package libpng-1.2.8-2.2.1 (which is newer than libpng-1.2.5-7) is already installed
file /usr/lib/libpng.so.3 from install of libpng-1.2.5-7 conflicts with file from package libpng-1.2.8-2.2.1
file /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 from install of libpng-1.2.5-7 conflicts with file from package libpng-1.2.8-2.2.1
file /usr/share/man/man5/png.5.gz from install of libpng-1.2.5-7 conflicts with file from package libpng-1.2.8-2.2.1
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But when i key in the 'whereis' command, it come out like this

[root@supportsvr html]# whereis libpng
libpng:
[root@supportsvr html]#

that's mean there is no binary file for libpng (whatever version it is). And now I getting confused. There should no conflicts if binary file is not there right?

Then I'm trying with libpcap and it look like this:

[root@supportsvr html]# whereis libpcap
libpcap: /usr/lib/libpcap.so /usr/lib/libpcap.a
[root@supportsvr html]#

Can anybody please help me to settle this prob. I appreciate it.

[themonandman]

Try to uninstall and then install again? Or compile from source?