Originally posted by: Frederick_Dunne

Hi,
   I have a requirement to install several required library files on AIX 7.2.
This requirement is for another IBM application.

These are the required library files and their versions.

libffi-3.2.1-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
glib2-2.52.2-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
gettext-0.19.8.1-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
ncurses-6.1-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
libXrender-0.9.8-1waixX11.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
fontconfig-2.11.95-3.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
libXft-2.3.2-3waixX11.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
atk-2.20.0-3.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
libpng-1.6.27-2.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
freetype2-2.8-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
lzo-2.10-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
pixman-0.34.0-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
cairo-1.14.6-2waixX11.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
harfbuzz-1.2.7-2.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
pango-1.40.1-2waixX11.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
intltool-0.51.0-2.aix6.1.noarch.rpm
gdk-pixbuf-2.35.1-2waixX11.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
rpm -ivh shared-mime-info-1.6-2.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
libxcb-1.12-2waixX11.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
xcb-proto-1.12-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm


Of the above rpm packages.  I am running into conflict issues with the following packages.

atk-2.20.0-3.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
&
glib2-2.52.2-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm

What I see is:
igmfncpes1:/apps/media/gtk2_new # rpm -ivh glib2-2.52.2-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm --nodeps
Preparing...                          ################################# [100%]
        file /opt/freeware/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo from install of glib2-2.52.2-1.ppc conflicts with file from package glib2-2.12.4-2.ppc
        file /opt/freeware/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo from install of glib2-2.52.2-1.ppc conflicts with file from package glib2-2.12.4-2.ppc
        file /opt/freeware/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo from install of glib2-2.52.2-1.ppc conflicts wi...

and

igmfncpes1:/apps/media/gtk2_new # rpm -ivh atk-2.20.0-3.aix6.1.ppc.rpm --nodeps
Preparing...                          ################################# [100%]
        file /opt/freeware/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/atk10.mo from install of atk-2.20.0-3.ppc conflicts with file from package atk-1.12.3-2.ppc
        file /opt/freeware/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/atk10.mo from install of atk-2.20.0-3.ppc conflicts with file from package atk-1.12.3-2.ppc
        file /opt/freeware/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/atk10.mo from install of atk-2.20.0-3.ppc conflicts with file from package atk-1.12.3-2.ppc
        file /opt/freeware/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/atk10.mo from install of atk-2.20.0-3.ppc conflicts with file from package atk-1.12.3-2.ppc
        file /opt/freeware/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/atk10.mo from install of atk-2.20.0-3.ppc conflicts with fi

...

       file /opt/freeware/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/atk10.mo from install of atk-2.20.0-3.ppc conflicts with file from package atk-1.12.3-2.ppc


If I try to remove the existing older packages that the newer version is conflicting with, I run into cannot remove due to dependencies by other libraries.

How do I get past this?

Thank you!

Originally posted by: KiloBravo

If you're upgrading package versions, use 'rpm -Uvh filename.rpm' instead of 'rpm -ivh filename.rpm' and that should resolve that issue.