[100069] in RedHat Linux List
Re: RPM question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Segei Kulakovsky)
Wed Nov 18 11:21:37 1998
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 16:23:17 +0000
From: Segei Kulakovsky <sk@ars.ml.org>
Reply-To: sk@ars.ml.org
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"Kent R. Frazier" wrote:
>
> When I tried to update the ispell package using rpm -Uvh [package name] I
> received the following error:
>
> error: cannot install [package name] bla, bla, bla.
>
> I tried another package with the same result. Then I tried to use the
> --force option, again with the same result.
>
> Can someone please give me an idea of what I am doing wrong or what the
> problem might be.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Kent (a frustrated Linux newbie)
>
Try rpm -qipl your.downloaded.rpm to get info about downloaded package.
If it is corrupted you'll see it.
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Best regards!
Sergei Kulakovsky.
e-mail: sk@ars.ml.org
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