You probably tried it but just to make sure... did you try to upgrade it? 
"rpm -Uhv ...".

On Wed, 5 Dec 2007, Paul Johnson wrote:

> I have the cairo-1.2.4  that comes from SL5, and need to install the
> newer cairo in order to build poppler, which in turn is required for
> TeXLive.  I don't have trouble building the new cairo, and planned to
> install that and leave the old one as well.
>
> But it doesn't work.
>
> # rpm -ivh cairo-1.4.10-2sl5.x86_64.rpm
> Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
>        file /usr/lib64/libcairo.so.2 from install of
> cairo-1.4.10-2sl5 conflicts with file from package cairo-1.2.4-3.el5
>
> See the links created by ldconfig:
>
>
> # ls -la libcairo*
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 305056 Apr  3  2007 libcairojava-1.0.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  54008 Apr  3  2007 libcairojni-1.0.so
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     17 Dec  5 15:57 libcairo.so -> libcairo.so.2.9.2
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     17 Dec  5 15:57 libcairo.so.2 -> libcairo.so.2.9.2
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 431288 Nov 29 11:11 libcairo.so.2.9.2
>
> It is a little bit confusing to me that the newer cairo still uses the
> old soname.  Shouldn't it step up to libcairo.so.3 or something, in
> order to install both at same time?
>
> [root@pols110 x86_64]# rpm -qilp cairo-1.4.10-2sl5.x86_64.rpm
> Name        : cairo                        Relocations: (not relocatable)
> Version     : 1.4.10                            Vendor: (none)
> Release     : 2sl5                          Build Date: Wed 05 Dec
> 2007 02:27:06 PM CST
> Install Date: (not installed)               Build Host: pols110.pols.ku.edu
> Group       : System Environment/Libraries   Source RPM:
> cairo-1.4.10-2sl5.src.rpm
> Size        : 1544504                          License: LGPL/MPL
> Signature   : (none)
> URL         : http://cairographics.org
> Summary     : A vector graphics library
> Description :
> Cairo is a vector graphics library designed to provide high-quality
> display and print output. Currently supported output targets include
> the X Window System, OpenGL (via glitz), in-memory image buffers, and
> image files (PDF, PostScript, and SVG).  Cairo is designed to produce
> identical output on all output media while taking advantage of display
> hardware acceleration when available (eg. through the X Render
> Extension or OpenGL).
> /usr/lib64/libcairo.so.2
> /usr/lib64/libcairo.so.2.11.5
> /usr/share/doc/cairo-1.4.10
> /usr/share/doc/cairo-1.4.10/AUTHORS
> /usr/share/doc/cairo-1.4.10/BIBLIOGRAPHY
> /usr/share/doc/cairo-1.4.10/BUGS
> /usr/share/doc/cairo-1.4.10/COPYING
> /usr/share/doc/cairo-1.4.10/COPYING-LGPL-2.1
> /usr/share/doc/cairo-1.4.10/COPYING-MPL-1.1
> /usr/share/doc/cairo-1.4.10/ChangeLog
> /usr/share/doc/cairo-1.4.10/NEWS
> /usr/share/doc/cairo-1.4.10/PORTING_GUIDE
> /usr/share/doc/cairo-1.4.10/README
> /usr/share/doc/cairo-1.4.10/ROADMAP
> /usr/share/doc/cairo-1.4.10/TODO
>
> I can't just uninstall cairo-1.2.4, because it appears there are about
> 50 programs that are linked against it.
>
> What do  you think? give up on the dream of replaciing tetex with
> TeXLive?  Its kindof an overdue change, really.
>
>

--
  /------------------------------------+-------------------------\
|Stephen J. Gowdy, SLAC               | CERN     Office: 32-2-A22|
|http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | CH-1211 Geneva 23        |
|                                     | Switzerland              |
|EMail: [log in to unmask]       | Tel: +41 22 767 5840     |
  \------------------------------------+-------------------------/