From: me@privacy.net   
      
   On 29/06/12 18:10, Keith wrote:   
   > On 29/06/12 17:54, Jim Beard wrote:   
   >>   
   >> rpm -ivh  --force packagename   
   >>   
   >> DO NOT use urpmi.  As mentioned, urpmi will not install an earlier   
   >> version of a package if a later version has ever repeat ever been   
   >> installed.   
   >   
   > Jim, you're a star!  That seems to have done the trick - I have to go   
   > out just now, but I'll run some tests later on to see if I can now get   
   > all this working.   
      
   I know, following up my own post, and all...   
      
   But now, having followed all the great advice I received, I have PLF's   
   ffmpeg working just fine.  But now, every time the mdkapplet thing runs,   
   it insists that the MDV version is a 'critical update', and wants me to   
   'upgrade'.  I just know that if I accept the updates, I'll be exactly   
   back where I started - stuck with a stripped-down, free-only version   
   that just doesn't work for what I want.   
      
   There's gotta be a way around this, no?   
      
   And while I'm on the subject of updates, why is it that MDV tries to   
   flip-flop between v0.7.7-1 and v0.7.7-4 of the drakguard-policy package?   
    You install one and it tells you the other is available as an update,   
   and so on ad infinitum.   
      
   Oh, and one other query about updates;  when there are (or MDV /thinks/   
   there are) updates available, I get the pop-up in the corner of the   
   screen saying that updates are available which vanishes after a few   
   seconds, but if I don't spot that, I don't get the   
   exclamation-mark-in-a-red-circle reminder icon in the system tray   
   anymore.  What's going on there?   
      
   As always, all advice welcomed!   
      
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