[97915] in RedHat Linux List
RE: Need help on 'rpm, portmap, and RPC'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles Galpin)
Thu Nov 5 19:06:39 1998
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 19:03:49 -0500
From: Charles Galpin <cgalpin@lighthouse-software.com>
To: "Phillip Ching \(605.734.71\)" <redhat-list@redhat.com>
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===== Original Message from "Phillip Ching (605.734.71)"
<redhat-list@redhat.com> at 11/05/98 5:11 pm
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>2) I then guessed the 'portmap' may not be running. So I tried to uninstall
> and install the portmap. But I got two contradictory messages from rpm:
>
> # rpm -e portmap-4.0-8.i386.rpm
> Package portmap-4.0-8.i386.rpm is not installed
>
> # rpm -i portmap-4.0-8.i386.rpm
> Package portmap-4.0-8.i386.rpm is already installed
>
> How can that be? Do I miss something obvious with the rpm?
>
yes. please read the rpm man page.
to uninstall use just the name. not the version and extension
rpm -e portmap
use the full name to install.
rpm -iVh portmap-4.0-8.i386.rpm
I don't know anything about portmap, but I'm sure you don't have to
uninstall/reinstall to start it.
hth
charles
-- Charles Galpin <cgalpin@lighthouse-software.com>
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