[ILUG] apt-get. multiple glib installations. how do i fix?

[Bryan O'Donoghue]

Danny Browne wrote:
> Using apt-get i to install gtk+ i get the message ( i'm not at my linux box now so it's something like) glib 1.x: Obsoletes: glib2 2.x: but 2.x is to be installed.
> 
> So i have 2 installations of glib.
> 
> rpm -qa | grep glib reveals glib-1.x and glib2-2.x, so i try to remove glib 1.x with rpm -e, but it tells me there are many other dependant installations. So i tried to rpm -e glib2 2.x and get a similar message. 
> 
> How do i fix this/Remove one of the glib packages?
> 
> thanks in advance.


Isn't there some sort of upgrade switch for rpm

rpm -u somepackage.rpm maybe ?