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Re: RPM help
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Saltzman)
Tue Nov 24 08:08:40 1998
From: Matthew Saltzman <mjs@math.clemson.edu>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 08:07:56 -0500 (EST)
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"Mosby, Michael x13186d4" <x13186@exmail.usma.army.mil> wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I am having trouble with RPM. I try to install some packages but it just
>fails without giving any details.
>Like with package xfpovray-1.2.4-2.i386.rpm. When I run:
>
>rpm -ih xfpovray-1.2.4-2.i386.rpm
>error: xfpovray-1.2.4-2.i386.rpm cannot be installed.
>
>that is it! Anyone have any ideas?
>Thanks,
>Mike
Try running "rpm --rebuilddb" and installing again. If that doesn't
work, upgrade to the latest version of RPM (rpm-2.5.5-5.2 from the
RH5.2 distribution at ftp.redhat.com or from www.rpm.org). Then
run "rpm --rebuilddb" and try again.
Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs@clemson.edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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