Environment: AIX 7.2 TL5 SP4
Problem:
Customer would like to use the zgrep command on AIX 7.2 TL5 SP4. From link below, it requires to install the GNU grep and GNU gzip from AIX toolbox.
URL https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/aix-open-source-where-zgrep
When installing the "gzip-1.12-3.aix7.1.ppc.rpm", it shows files conflict with already installed gzip-1.4-1.ppc package.
When try to uninstall gzip-1.4-1.ppc, it shows the error as below.
How to uninstall "gzip-1.4-1.ppc"?
----------------------------------------------
# rpm -e gzip-1.4-1.ppc
error: Failed dependencies: gzip is needed by (installed) AIX-rpm-7.2.5.103-5.ppc
----------------------------------------------
-- The existing installed RPM packages on LPAR --
# rpm -qa
gdbm-1.10-1.ppc
autoconf-2.69-1.ppc
bzip2-1.0.6-1.ppc
coreutils-8.18-1.ppc
libstdc++-4.8.2-1.ppc
less-451-1.ppc
mtools-4.0.17-1.ppc
popt-1.16-1.ppc
unzip-6.0-2.ppc
wu-ftpd-2.6.2-6.ppc
atk-1.32.0-1.ppc
libxcb-1.7-1.ppc
libcroco-0.6.5-1.ppc
libtiff-4.0.3-1.ppc
libthai-0.1.18-1.ppc
enscript-1.6.5.2-2.ppc
expect-5.45-1.ppc
gcc-4.8.2-1.ppc
libpaper-1.1.24-1.ppc
glib-1.2.10-3.ppc
libgpg-error-1.12-1.ppc
gnutls-2.12.20-1.ppc
libXpm-3.5.10-2.ppc
perl-5.8.8-2.ppc
tar-1.27-1.ppc
expat-2.1.0-1.ppc
libXft-2.3.1-1.ppc
libiconv-1.14-2.ppc
apr-util-1.5.2-1.ppc
db4-4.7.25-2.ppc
libgcrypt-1.5.3-1.ppc
libsigsegv-2.10-1.ppc
openCIMOM-0.8-1.noarch
rsync-3.1.0-1.ppc
vnc-3.3.3r2-6.ppc
zip-3.0-1.ppc
libgcc-4.8.2-1.ppc
lzo-2.06-1.ppc
libjpeg-9-1.ppc
jasper-1.900.1-2.ppc
pango-1.24.5-1.ppc
expat-devel-2.1.0-1.ppc
fontconfig-2.10.2-1.ppc
gcc-cpp-4.8.2-1.ppc
urw-fonts-2.4-1.noarch
libffi-3.0.13-1.ppc
libtasn1-3.4-1.ppc
info-5.1-2.ppc
libXrender-0.9.8-1.ppc
openssl-1.0.1e-2.ppc
vim-common-7.4.052-1.ppc
readline-6.3-5.ppc
apr-1.4.8-1.ppc
python-libs-2.6.8-1.ppc
bash-doc-3.2-4.ppc
cdrecord-devel-2.01-1.ppc
findutils-4.4.2-2.ppc
gzip-1.4-1.ppc
m4-1.4.16-1.ppc
patch-2.7.1-1.ppc
e414571614102004-10240180-1.noarch
wget-1.14-2.ppc
xz-libs-5.0.5-1.ppc
pixman-0.28.2-1.ppc
jbigkit-libs-2.0-2.ppc
cairo-1.12.14-1.ppc
gtk2-2.20.1-2.ppc
tcl-8.5.15-1.ppc
mpfr-3.1.2-1.ppc
lcms2-2.5-1.ppc
ghostscript-fonts-8.11-1.noarch
glib2-2.34.3-1.ppc
nettle-2.7.1-1.ppc
lftp-4.4.13-1.ppc
ncftp-3.2.5-1.ppc
python-2.6.8-1.ppc
vim-enhanced-7.4.052-1.ppc
freetype2-2.5.0-2.ppc
zlib-1.2.7-2.ppc
bison-2.6.4-1.ppc
conserver-8.1.7-2.ppc
gettext-0.17-1.ppc
pkg-config-0.28-1.ppc
libpng-1.6.7-1.ppc
sqlite-3.8.1-1.ppc
screen-4.0.3-1.ppc
which-2.20-1.ppc
bash-4.2-12.ppc
libxml2-2.9.1-1.ppc
libart_lgpl-2.3.21-1.ppc
jbigkit-2.0-2.ppc
libdatrie-0.2.4-1.ppc
librsvg2-2.34.2-1.ppc
tk-8.5.15-1.ppc
libmpc-1.0.1-2.ppc
libidn-1.28-1.ppc
ghostscript-9.06-2.ppc
gmp-5.1.3-1.ppc
p11-kit-0.14-1.ppc
xorg-compat-aix-1.2-1.ppc
pcre-8.33-1.ppc
AIX-rpm-7.2.5.103-5.ppc
----------------------------------------------
Please kindly help to recommend.
Thanks so much for your help.
Premvadee Kusollerkdee