Hi, arts can't be installed on my box whithout removing some kde core libraries. This may be caused by Obsoletes in arts spec file, arts obsoletes lots of packages, which don't to seem to be related: ktexmaker, ktelnet, kvirc ... (to be continued by Nanar)
Here is a part of these Obsoletes (quite long, take a breath) : Obsoletes: aethera =< 0.9.3-5mdk, brahms =< 1.02-3mdk, dotNETStyle =< 0.9.2-2mdk , drivetweak-kde- =< 0.9.1-1mdk , guarddog =< 1.9.14-1mdk Obsoletes: k3b =< 0.5.1-2mdk, karchiver =< 2.0.5-3mdk, kdestudio =< 2.0.0-10mdk , kdevmon =< 0.4.5-2mdk, keduca =< 0.4-6mdk, keurocalc =< 0.5.8-1mdk Obsoletes: kfontinst =< 0.10-1mdk, kgesture =< 0.3-6mdk, kguitar =< 0.4-2mdk , kinkatta =< 1.00-1mdk, kmag =< 0.7-1mdk, kmymoney2 =< 0.4-1mdk, knetfilter =< 2.2.5-1mdk , komba2 =< 0.72-1mdk , koncd =< 1.0rc2-2mdk, konnector =< 0.5-4mdk Obsoletes: konverse =< 0.2-3mdk, kover =< 0.8.3-2mdk, kreatecd =< 1.1.0-2mdk, krpmbuilder =< 0.2.6-4mdk, krusader =< 1.01-1mdk, kshowmail =< 2.2.3-1mdk, ksnuffle =< 2.2-6mdk, ksplashml =< 0.92-1mdk, kstars =< 0.8.5-1mdk, kstocks =< 2.0.2-8mdk, ktexmaker2 =< 1.7-2mdk, ktouch =< 1.0-4mdk, kuickshow =< 0.8.2-3mdk Obsoletes: kwatch =< 2.2.0-1mdk, kwave =< 0.6.3-3mdk, kwintv =< 0.8.11-5mdk, kxicq2 =< 0.7.6-1mdk, kxmleditor =< 0.7.1-2mdk, libbrahms0 =< 1.02-3mdk, libkarchiver2 =< 2.0.5-3mdk, libkguitar1 =< 0.4-2mdk, libxmms-kde1 =< 6.5-5mdk, sakuraplayer =< 1.0.6-1mdk umlmodeller =< 1.0.3-5mdk , cervisia =< 1.4.1-7mdk, kbiff =< 3.5.4-3mdk Obsoletes: kcpuload =< 1.90-11mdk, kdbg =< 1.2.5-1mdk, kdeaddons3, kdeadmin3, kdeartwork3, kdebase3, kdebase3-nsplugins, kdebase3-devel, kdebindings3, kdegames3, kdegraphics3, kdemultimedia3, kdemultimedia3-aktion, kdenetwork3, kdepim3, kdesdk3, kdetoys3, kdeutils3, kdevelop3, klogic =< 1.35-1mdk, klyx =< 2.0-17mdk, kmago =< 1.1.2-5mdk, knetload =< 1.91-8mdk, koffice =< 1.1.1-14mdk, kpl2 =< 2.3.0-1mdk, krootwarning =< 8.2-13mdk, krozat =< 8.2-13mdk, ksetiwatch =< 2.2.5-1mdk, ktelnet =< 0.7b1-13mdk, kvirc =< 2.1.1-5mdk, libqt2-devel =< 2.3.1-29mdk, licq-kde =< 1.0.4-2mdk, qt2-designer =< 2.3.1-29mdk, qtrans =< 0.1.1-7mdk, quanta =< 2.0.1-2mdk Something in this may prevent me from installing arts, I think this won't help, but here's urpmi output: $ urpmi libarts The following packages have to be removed for others to be upgraded: kdebase-kdm-3.1.3-1mdk.i586 (due to unsatisfied kdebase == 3.1.3-1mdk) kdebase-kdm-config-file-3.1.3-1mdk.i586 (due to unsatisfied kdebase == 3.1.3-1mdk) kdebase-servicemenu-1.0-9mdk.noarch (due to unsatisfied kdebase >= 3.1) kdenetwork-3.1.2-18mdk.i586 (due to unsatisfied libkdenetwork2 == 3.1.2-18mdk) kdenetwork-kppp-3.1.2-18mdk.i586 (due to unsatisfied kdenetwork >= 3.1.2-18mdk) libkdenetwork2-3.1.2-18mdk.i586 (due to missing kdenetwork) mdklaunchhelp-9.2-1mdk.i586 (due to missing kdebase) (y/N) But : $ rpm -q --provides kdebase | grep kdebase kdebase3 = 1:kdebase-3.1.3 kdebase = 1:3.1.3-1mdk $ rpm -q --provides libkdenetwork2 | grep libkdenetwork2 libkdenetwork2 = 1:3.1.2-18mdk $ rpm -q --provides kdenetwork | grep kdenetwork kdenetwork = 1:3.1.2-18mdk All seems to be all right here. I don't know where it comes from, but arts Obsoletes might (may ? must ?) need a cleanup. -- Olivier Blin