uninstall lpr (rpm -e <package name>) then rpm -Uvh cups-<whatever version>

Alan Dayley wrote:
> 
> Well, I have been doing well untill now.  The file
> cups-1.1.10-0.rh7x.1.i386.rpm will not install because in "conflicts with
> LPRng."
> 
> <newbieAssumptions>
> 1. LPR is a print service and cups is a print service.  I guess they cannot
> happily live together.
> 2. So, whomever put this group of KDE 2.2.1 packages together uses cups.  My
> system defaulted to LPR, evidently, because I don't remember specifying what
> print service I wanted.
> </newbieAssumptions>
> 
> Questions:
> - Can I use these RPMs if they are "based" on cups?
> - Some of the other RPMs are dependent on the cups RPMs.  How do I install
> the cups RPM when I am already running LPR?
> - Are all my above assumptions and questions wrong and I don't understand
> something?
> 
> Alan
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