[ILUG] RPM Failing

[Wynne, Conor]

I usually do the following...  

rpm -Uvh --force --nodeps  packagename.rpm  (to upgrade a package)
rpm -i --force --nodeps 

I am not sure this will solve your problem though, when RPM stops working
(unlike apt), it tends to lie down and die. Give it a go though. 

CW

Beware excessive use of "the force" you may be turned to the dark side.

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephane Dudzinski [mailto:stephane at antefacto.com]
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 1:17 PM
To: ilug at linux.ie
Subject: Re: [ILUG] RPM Failing


Seen that when the RPM which it is trying to remove/upgrade is not
installed correctly or some info files are missing. Try to force-install
the rpm from the distro before.

On 30 Jul 2001 09:20:38 -0400, Anton McKee wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> Having a strange problem with RPM. Anytime I try to install a package it
just 
> dumps a core. Nothing else. And it won't istall anything. the md5sum of
the 
> binary is okay as is the one of the rpm binary. It used to work fine. 
> 
> Any ideas? (RedHat 7.1 Box)
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Aj
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