[97191] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Re-installing RPM's, was Re: Kernel Problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Stearns)
Sun Nov 1 20:22:42 1998
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 20:25:38 -0500 (EST)
From: William Stearns <wstearns@pobox.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
cc: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>, Genesis <genesis@omega.honk.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981101030909.1288A-100000@salmo>
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On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, William Stearns wrote:
> > > used the command rpm -i kernel-source-2.0.35-2.i386.rpm
> I tripped over this one just last week. That's the *file* name you passed
> as an argument, not the *package* name.
>
> Try this: rpm -i kernel-source-2.0.35-2 <enter>
I fear I've misunderstood; I had thought one used the package name
for queries about already installed packages. I was suggesting that
"Genesis" try re-installing from an rpm file, so I suggested he use the
full file name. My hope was that he'd overwrite what was installed -
which was O.K. as he'd already erased the files.
Can one re-install a package your way without having the original
package file? Cool.....
Cheers,
- Bill
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