[KLUG Members] rpm trouble

[Steve Petersen]

Hi folks,

I can't print to my Brother HL720 (a Windows printer, grr) in RH8; 
there's a bug in its version of ghostscript (it worked fine in RH6). 
Upgrading the whole system to FC3 is in the future works, but too 
time-consuming now; meanwhile I've been limping along without printing, 
but it's getting more and more urgent.  (Actually with the bug the 
printer will print about a half-page and then freak out; sometimes a 
whole page if it's very simple.)

I've downloaded newer versions of ghostscript, like 7.05 and 8.14, and 
tried 'rpm -Uvh' on them.  I get

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
error: Failed dependencies:
         libijs.so is needed by (installed) gimp-print-4.2.1-5
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Fine, I figure; I never print from gimp, I'll just erase that.  (And 
grr, stupid rpm's and their dependencies.)  So I try 'rpm -e 
gimp-print', and get

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
error: Failed dependencies:
         libgimpprint.so.1 is needed by (installed) ghostscript-7.05-20
         gimp-print = 4.2.1 is needed by (installed) 
gimp-print-utils-4.2.1-5
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Grr.  So I try erasing gimp-print-utils and all I get a segmentation 
fault, every time.  (Though no core is dumped--why is that?)  So, 
frustrated, I try a '--nodeps' option to install the newer ghostscript. 
  It tries, and prepares, and shows hash marks and everything, but then 
gives a seg fault.  Removing gimp-print with 'rpm -e --nodeps' results 
simply in a seg fault with no preparation.

And here seems to be the dead end.  I've tried this on and off for about 
a year now, and always to the same effect.  Any ideas about what I am 
doing wrong?  (I am not looking for answers like "using Red Hat"!)

Thanks very much,
Steve