Version 4.08.2 Installation

[Manuel M. T. Chakravarty]

Tim Sauerwein <tim at galconn.com> wrote,

> However, when I downloaded gmp-2.0.2-13.i386.rpm from the installation
> web page,
> and then tried to install it by
>    rpm -i gmp-2.0.2-13.i386.rpm
> the response was
>    package gmp-3.0.1-5 (which is newer than gmp-2.0.2-13) is already
> installed

There is one nice option that helps when rpm thinks it is
smarter than you: `--force'.  So,

  rpm -i --force gmp-2.0.2-13.i386.rpm

should do the job for you (ie, install gmp 2 despite the
presence of gmp 3).

Cheers,
Manuel