Replacing RPM with Source Install

[Richard Petty]

I've got a machine running Yellow Dog Linux (a PPC version of Red Hat) which has 
Python 1.5.2-35a and I'd like to update.

I'd prefer to install from sources rather than depend on other people to release 
RPMs but I have a little question.

My first instinct was to remove the RPM version of Python but I got a whole 
screenful of dependency warnings (see below). How should I proceed? Should I go 
ahead and yank the RPM-based Python and then compile/install the new version or 
should I try to keep both installations?

--Richard

[root at g3server ~] rpm -e python
error: removing these packages would break dependencies:
        python = 1.5.2 is needed by python-devel-1.5.2-35a
        python >= 1.5.2 is needed by pygtk-0.6.8-3
        python = 1.5.2 is needed by python-tools-1.5.2-35a
        python is needed by PyXML-0.6.5-4
        python is needed by 4Suite-0.11-2
        python = 1.5.2 is needed by tkinter-1.5.2-35a
        python >= 1.5.2-27 is needed by python-xmlrpc-1.5.1-7.x.3
        python is needed by dateconfig-0.7.4-6
        python is needed by mx-2.0.1-1
        python is needed by postgresql-python-7.2-2a
        python >= 1.5.2 is needed by rpm-python-4.0.3-1.03a
        python >= 1.5.2 is needed by yup-0.7.6-8a
        python >= 1.5.2 is needed by apacheconf-0.8.1-1
        python >= 1.5.2 is needed by bindconf-1.6.1-1
        python is needed by fetchmailconf-5.9.0-11
        python   is needed by printconf-0.3.61-4.1
        /usr/bin/python   is needed by gettext-0.10.40-4
        /usr/bin/python   is needed by PyXML-0.6.5-4
        /usr/bin/python   is needed by 4Suite-0.11-2
        /usr/bin/python   is needed by alchemist-1.0.18-1
        /usr/bin/python   is needed by yup-0.7.6-8a
        /usr/bin/python   is needed by gnome-core-1.4.0.4-38a
        /usr/bin/python   is needed by bindconf-1.6.1-1
        /usr/bin/python   is needed by kdelibs-2.2.2-2a
        /usr/bin/python   is needed by printconf-0.3.61-4.1
        /usr/bin/python   is needed by printconf-gui-0.3.61-4.1