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Re: Re-installing RPM's, was Re: Kernel Problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Shepard)
Sun Nov 1 20:32:51 1998
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 05:30:16 -0800 (PST)
From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
To: William Stearns <wstearns@pobox.com>
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com, Genesis <genesis@omega.honk.org>
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On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, William Stearns wrote:
> 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.....
Bill,
Well, you've actually understood well. If the package is already
installed, then the switch --replacefiles or --replacepkgs is needed. The
package can be upgraded, or the original can be erased and then reinstalled.
Now that I think about it more, perhaps I did use the full name during the
re-installation. Candidly, I don't remember! With tab completion the full
file name is put on the command line, so maybe I wrote too soon. <g>
Rich
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