Upgrading to 1.8.5

[Derek Atkins]

rpm -qa | grep libofx
then remove any package you find.
remove anything that requires those packages.

then install anew.

-derek

William L Zitterich <wzitterich at cox.net> writes:

> Thanks for quick reply ; however the problem remains.
> I removed gc 1.8.1 and proceeded to install libofx-0.6.4-1mdk.
> 
> libofx.so.0 is needed by libofx-0.6.4-1mdk and install aborted.
> libofx.so.0 is included in package libofx0-0.6.4-1mdk so I tried to install 
> that package.
> 
> libofx=0.6.4-1mdk is needed by libofx0-0.6.4-1mdk and install aborted.(note 
> '=' in package name. This is as reported by install program. Could this be 
> part of the problem? All packages were downloaded from Mandrake Club website.
> 
> I then tried to install libofx-0.6.4-1mdk again and it aborted again because 
> it needs libofx.so.0.
> 
> Surely many others have made this combination (mdk 9.1 & gc 1.8.5) work.
> Suggestions, please.
> 
> 
> On Friday 05 September 2003 10:34 am, you wrote:
> > Um, remove your 1.8.1 RPM,
> > install libofx rpm
> > install gnucash rpm
> > install gnucash-ofx rpm
> >
> > -derek
> >
> > William L Zitterich <wzitterich at cox.net> writes:
> > > I am a new user and just installed Mandrake 9.1 and gc 1.8.1.
> > > Trying to upgrade to 1.8.5 seems to result in circular dependencies which
> > > I cannot resolve,eg:
> > >
> > > 1) libofx.so.0 needed by gnucash-ofx-1.8.5-2mdk
> > >
> > > 2) libofx.so.0 is in libofx0-0.6.4-1mdk.i586.rpm
> > >
> > > 3) libofx.0.6.4-1mdk needed by libofx0-0.6.4-1mdk
> > >
> > > 4) libofx.so.0 needed by libofx-0.6.4-1mdk
> > >
> > > 5) back to 2) above
> > >
> > > How do I get out of this loop and on with the upgrade?
> > > Cannot find libofx.so.0 as a stand alone package.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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