[2756] in RedHat Linux List
Re: What am I doing wrong with RPMs?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Todd Weible)
Tue Nov 5 10:54:51 1996
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 08:48:33 -0700 (MST)
From: Todd Weible <toddw@user1.cyberhighway.net>
To: Mick Ghazey <mghazey@lowdown.com>
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <199611051531.KAA00491@miso.lowdown.com>
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Much appreciation to all who replied ! :)
Todd
toddw@cyberhighway.net
> > [toddw@myhouse toddw]$ su -
> > Password:
> > [root@myhouse /root]# cd /cdimage/RedHat/RPMS/
> > [root@myhouse RPMS]# rpm -i XFree86-3.1.2-11.i386.rpm
> > package XFree86-3.1.2-11 is already installed
> > error: XFree86-3.1.2-11.i386.rpm cannot be installed
> > [root@myhouse RPMS]# rpm -e XFree86-3.1.2-11.i386.rpm
> > package XFree86-3.1.2-11.i386.rpm is not installed
>
> If you want to remove a package you specify the package name without
> the ".i386.rpm" extension. The clue is that rpm reports only that
> part of the name when you -i it. BTW, -Uvh is what you normally want
> to use when installing. It updates if an older package already
> exists.
>
> Mick
>
>
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