[Skunkk]

Hi ive been unable to install this mkinitrd 5.1.19.0.2-1 package since i installed fedora on my pc (fedora core 6). And since then that damn annoying package updater in my toolbar keeps bugging me about it every single time i log on or try to install an rpm. I cant take it any more so iv'e come here for help >.<

if i try to install it with the software updater program that comes with fedora i get the error:
"[('file /sbin/mkinitrd from install of mkinitrd-5.1.19.0.2-1 conflicts with file from package mkinitrd-5.1.19-1', (7, '/sbin/mkinitrd', 0L))]"

the error box simply has an ok button with no options for me to do anything about it.

Since then ive tried installing it with yum, and i get the similar error:
"file /sbin/mkinitrd from install of mkinitrd-5.1.19.0.2-1 conflicts with file from package mkinitrd-5.1.19-1"

Ive since installed the new kernel, wich i later found out requires this version of mkinitrd so now im afraid to reboot my PC.

I've scoured the web and i cant find anyone ever reporting the same problem.

Also if its possible to uninstall the old version of mkinitrd and install this new one would this cause any problems with dependencies and such?

thanks - stink

btw im using an AMD64 processor at 3200 if thats any help.

[Roxoff]

It might be useful here for you to learn to use the 'yum' and 'rpm' command line tools - check their man pages.

You can uninstall packages with 'yum remove <package_name>' which goes through the dependency thing, and might resolve your issue, or you can use 'rpm -e <package_name>' which just barfs if there are dependency issues. They both work on the same package database, rpm gives you a more fine grained control, but is harder to use because of it.

Try removing the original mkinitrd package - it could be conflicting because of something stupid, e.g. you might have an architecture error in the installed package, where it's installed the i386 instead of the x64 version, or summat like that.