[99737] in RedHat Linux List
RE: HELP:rpm -i says it's installed, rpm -V says it's not
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles Galpin)
Mon Nov 16 20:30:30 1998
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 20:27:13 -0500
From: Charles Galpin <cgalpin@lighthouse-software.com>
To: My name <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com
Reply-To: redhat-list@redhat.com
This is an FAQ, and you should also read the rpm man page.
===== Original Message from My name <redhat-list@redhat.com> at 11/16/98
6:47 am
>THIS IS WHAT I REALLY WANT, INSTALL MYSQL,
>TO DO THAT I HAVE TO UPGRADE LINUXTHREADS,
>TO DO THAT I NEED UPGRADE LDCONFIG IT SEEMS, LD. HAS SBIN/LDCONFIG IN IT.
>But, this rpm cannot be installed, because it already is installed
>(according to installation). But it also cannot be uninstalled, because it
>is not installed (according to Verify or install in rpm). I am completely
>lost.
yes you are.
<snip>
>[root@localhost rpm4.2]# rpm -V ld.so-1.7.14-5.i386.rpm
>package ld.so-1.7.14-5.i386.rpm is not installed
try rpm -V ld.so
<snip>
>[root@localhost old3.20]# rpm -i --test linuxthreads-0_7-2_i386.rpm
>failed dependencies:
> /sbin/ldconfig is needed by linuxthreads-0.7-2
on my system this is in the ldconfig package.
<snip>
-- Charles Galpin <cgalpin@lighthouse-software.com>
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