[H-GEN] SMALL RPM PROBLEM
Rick Phillips
rickp at sunstatestamps.com.au
Tue Feb 11 19:00:37 EST 2003
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> Please explain - what architecture? What did you install?
I installed the "athlon" RPM instead of the i686/kernel 2.4.19-14 RPM
>
> "Words to the effect" doesn't mean much - what you probably did was
> something like this:
>
>
> rpm -e foo.i386.rpm
> error: package foo.i386.rpm is not installed
Yep, that's the message
>
> rpm -e foo is what you want.
So, what you are saying is I leave the architecture tag and "RPM" off the
command. [1]
>
> > "Ah, good, I say". I then download the correct RPM and on
> attempting to
> > install the correct RPM, I get a few words that tell me
> that a newer version
> > of the RPM is already installed and it won't proceed. I
> then get on a
> > treadmill where I can't uninstall because it is "not
> installed" and I can't
> > upgrade/relocate/force the correct version.
>
> See above. Read the fine manual :)
The "fine manual" is very cryptic (after synopsis there is not a lot other
than command line joggers) and at one in the morning patience was very thin.
However if you can confirm my question at [1], I will disappear into the
back stalls again where I lurk constantly.
Rick
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