[101135] in RedHat Linux List
Re: RPM Help
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick O'Neil)
Tue Nov 24 20:22:39 1998
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 13:21:19 +0000
From: "Patrick O'Neil" <patrick@howard.genetics.utah.edu>
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Marthe Nesøen Gangfløt wrote:
>
> >>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.
>
> if you add -v (rpm -ivh (verbose)) you might get an error message. And if
> not, try an additional v for "Print lots of ugly debugging information."..
> I don't know if this will solve the problem, but knowing whats wrong is a
> good start. :-)
I ran into the same problem but I always use either -ivh or -Uvh when I
rpm. Anyway, the problem with it was that it was looking for povray in
a specifically located povray directory. The povray I have installed
itself into a povray3 directory. I force the install of xfpovray and
set
it up to use my actual povray installation setup. Works nicely now,
thank you.
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