[ATrpms-users] Re: nvidia-graphics4363-libs install

[Jeff Pitman]

On Monday 04 October 2004 17:13, Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 09:43:37AM +0800, Jeff Pitman wrote:
> > I don't need nvidia, how do I decouple the dependency upon
> > xorg-x11-libs and nvidia-graphics6111-libs?
>
> Could you try
>
> rpm -e --test nvidia-graphics6111-libs?
>
> There is some property of nvidia-graphics6111-libs that one of the
> other packages requests. Perhaps libGL.so.1, which is provided by
> xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL.
>
> Try
>
> apt-get install xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL nvidia-graphics6111-libs-

Yes it's libGL.so.1 and the apt-get install allows both to be installed 
simultaneously because the files are in different directories.  So, how 
does Apt/Rpm determine that nvidia is higher ranked than the xorg when 
delivering the libGL.so.1?  Alphabetically based on the package name?

I've not tried, since this is a headless box, but I cannot imagine the 
Nvidia supplied libGL.so.1 operating correctly on other graphics cards 
unless the lib provides a compat API that works in general in addition 
to its own accelerated functions.  So, should this really "Provides: 
libGL.so.1" ?  Because it would seem that this lib is really a 
specialized libGL built for Nvidia cards.

thanks,
-- 
-jeff