[xymon] Fresh server install on RHEL5: source or yum repo?

[Xymon User in Richmond]

Ow, ow, ow!  The yum install is broken when overlaid on hobbit and you end
up with pieces of both laying around.


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 Package                        Arch                     Version          
                 Repository                Size
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Installing:
 devmon                         noarch                   0.3.0-1.rhel5    
                 Hobbit                   109 k
 xymon                          i386                     4.2.3-1.rhel5    
                 Xymon                    3.5 M
     replacing  hobbit.i386 4.2.0-1

Installing for dependencies:
 xymon-client                   i386                     4.2.3-1.rhel5    
                 Xymon                    325 k

Transaction Summary
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Install       3 Package(s)
Upgrade       0 Package(s)

Total download size: 3.9 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/3): devmon-0.3.0-1.rhel5.noarch.rpm                                    
                         | 109 kB     00:00
(2/3): xymon-client-4.2.3-1.rhel5.i386.rpm                                
                         | 325 kB     00:00
(3/3): xymon-4.2.3-1.rhel5.i386.rpm                                       
                         | 3.5 MB     00:00
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Total                                                                     
                7.6 MB/s | 3.9 MB     00:00
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
xymon user present
Adding user xymon to group adm
  Installing     : xymon-client                                           
                                            1/4
Error unpacking rpm package xymon-client-4.2.3-1.rhel5.i386
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/lib/xymon/client/etc:
cpio: rename
  Installing     : devmon                                                 
                                            2/4
  Installing     : xymon                                                  
                                            3/4
Error unpacking rpm package xymon-4.2.3-1.rhel5.i386
warning: /etc/httpd/conf.d/hobbit-apache.conf created as
/etc/httpd/conf.d/hobbit-apache.conf.rpmnew
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /var/lib/xymon/www/gifs: cpio:
rename

Installed:
  devmon.noarch 0:0.3.0-1.rhel5

Replaced:
  hobbit.i386 0:4.2.0-1

Failed:
  xymon.i386 0:4.2.3-1.rhel5                              
xymon-client.i386 0:4.2.3-1.rhel5

Complete!