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Re: can't use rpm -u
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Nielsen)
Sun Nov 3 14:04:50 1996
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 12:03:42 -0700 (MST)
From: Bob Nielsen <nielsen@primenet.com>
Reply-To: nielsen@primenet.com
To: Jeremie Kass <jeremie@umich.edu>
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <3.0b26.32.19961103134443.00802b20@j.imap.itd.umich.edu>
Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com
On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, Jeremie Kass wrote:
> In the list I read that we're supposed to upgrade packages that fixes have
> come out for. I thought I'd try it out with the updated rpm:
>
> [root@kitch2 upgrades]# rpm -u rpm-2.2.7-1.i386.rpm
> error: -u and --uninstall are depricated and no longer work.
> error: Use -e or --erase instead.
>
>
> What should I do? rpm -i? rpm -e?
To upgrade a package, use rpm -U (upper case). The lower case (-u)
formerly meant "uninstall" and has been replaced by -e (erase), which is
what caused the message you received.
Bob
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