[96444] in RedHat Linux List
Re: RPM & Netscape Problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Frank N. Stein)
Tue Oct 27 05:42:21 1998
From: "Frank N. Stein" <kcsmart@microlink.net>
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Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 04:38:15 -0600
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On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Rich Shepard sniveled:
>I've been fighting this battle for a few weeks now and I'm completely at a
>loss to know what to do. Here's the story (in short form!):
<SNIP
> When I type "rmp -e (for erase), -q (for query) or -V (for verify)
>netscape-communicator/navigator", I'm told that the package is not
>installed. When I try to install either one with the -i option, I'm told
>that it is already installed and cannot be installed now! In summary, if I
>try to install either one, I'm told that it's already installed. If I try to
>verify, query or erase either one, I'm told that it's not installed.
>
> I re-ran /etc/cron.daily/updatedb.cron and tried 'locate netscape'.
>Navigator showed up in /usr/bin and /usr/lib. Still, rpm fails to find it
>and I cannot invoke it from within X.
>
> What do I do about this? We're without a GUI browser now and I have
>exhausted all my references (like the RPM book) and the local users group.
Disclaimer: there might be a MUCH better solution to this so I wouldn't
rush right out and do this until a few other ideas are thrown out.
I'd try an rpm -e on netscape-common first, then make sure I got rid of
everything I could locate concerning both navigator and communicator and
finally try 'rpm -U <filename> --force' to get the new one to install.
May not help but, try doing 'rpm --rebuilddb' afterward to hopefully
clean up the database so no future problems arise.
--
Excuse my english; I went to US public school.
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