google-earth-stable-7.1.2.2041-0.x86_64 conflicts with file from package filesystem-3.2-28.fc21.x86_64

[jd1008]

On 01/30/2015 08:29 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 11:11:33AM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 01/31/15 10:57, jd1008 wrote:
>>> Downloaded /usr/bin from install of google-earth-stable-7.1.2.2041-0.x86_64.rpm from google.
>>> Installing it yields this error:
>>>
>>> Transaction check error:
>>>    file /usr/bin from install of google-earth-stable-7.1.2.2041-0.x86_64 conflicts with file from package filesystem-3.2-28.fc21.x86_64
>>>
>>> Is there a way to get around this?
>> Run....
>>
>> rpmrebuild -ep google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
>>
>> Which will bring up an editor, delete the line
>>
>> %dir %attr(0755, root, root) "/usr/bin"
>>
>> save and quit and a new rpm will be written that can be installed.
> you could, alternatively, extract a cpio archive from the RPM and
> manually drop its contents into the right places.
>
Thanx.
I like to keep things under the yum and rpm jurisdiction :)