[ILUG] rpm

[Conor Wynne]

http://download.rhn.redhat.com/download/1157718240/a99a5021509c858faab2c894f
505fdfd623ad21c/1958034/10638/rhn/isos/rhel-2.1-u6/redhat-advanced-server-i3
86/RHEL2.1AS-U6-re1207.RC.0-i386-disc1.iso

http://download.rhn.redhat.com/download/1157718240/3891fd4f5def6756233e28cd3
700f1136301b7cc/1958034/10639/rhn/isos/rhel-2.1-u6/redhat-advanced-server-i3
86/RHEL2.1AS-U6-re1207.RC.0-i386-disc2.iso

http://download.rhn.redhat.com/download/1157718240/874dfab03dddd84f046139fa1
a8f95d76cb19a45/1958034/10640/rhn/isos/rhel-2.1-u6/redhat-advanced-server-i3
86/RHEL2.1AS-U6-re1207.RC.0-i386-disc3.iso

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On 01/09/2006 16:50, "O'Flanagan Justine"
<Justine.O'Flanagan at ie.fujitsu.com> wrote:

> Thanks Conor.  Unfortunately the box I'm using doesn't have a direct
> connection to the internet, so I'm downloading the rpms individually onto a
> PC and working from there. Antiquated I know!
> 
> Justine
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conor Wynne [mailto:conor at discuskeeping.com]
> Sent: 01 September 2006 16:46
> To: Conor Wynne; O'Flanagan Justine; ilug at linux.ie
> Subject: Re: [ILUG] rpm
> 
> I'm slow today :
> 
> You should use up2date -f packagename (without the revision numbers or .rpm)
> To get those you mentioned below.
> 
> Conor
> 
> 
> On 01/09/2006 16:33, "Conor Wynne" <conor at discuskeeping.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 01/09/2006 14:44, "O'Flanagan Justine"
>> <Justine.O'Flanagan at ie.fujitsu.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello all
>>> 
>>> I'm an Oracle DBA trying to administer an ancient Linux box and get it up
> to
>>> speed to cope with some of the newer Oracle software.  I'm not very au
> fait
>>> with Linux and would appreciate your advice.
>>> 
>>> The Oracle installer has advised me that a number of rpm packages on my
>>> Linux system (kernel 2.4.9-e3.smp which I think is 7.2 AS running on
> Intel
>>> i686 architecture) need to be updated.  So I faithfully go out to
>>> rpmfind.net and get some of the required packages.
>>> 
>>> I have been trying to run rpm -i, rpm -U, rpm --freshen followed by
> package
>>> name, but when I query back the package version number, it simply remains
>>> unchanged. Worse, I de-installed one package, then tried a new install of
>>> it, and now it shows "not installed" (please see example below).
>>> 
>>> What should I be doing to get these things upgraded?
>> 
>> Its a rhel box, so just run
>> up2date -u ; up2date -f kernel-smp
>> 
>> That gold release kernel is really bad. All sorts of bugs long fixed.
>> 
>> You need to check on metalink.oracle.com for the
>> minimum/maximum supported kernel.
>> If memory serves, its 2.4.9-e.62smp.
>>  
>>> Thanks a million
>>> Justine
>>> 
>>> Eg:
>>> [root at rhubarb tmp]# rpm -q --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}
> (%{ARCH})\n'
>>> pdksh 
>>> pdksh-5.2.14-13 (i386)
>>> [root at rhubarb tmp]# rpm -ev pdksh
>>> [root at rhubarb tmp]# rpm -q --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}
> (%{ARCH})\n'
>>> pdksh 
>>> package pdksh is not installed
>>> [root at rhubarb tmp]# ls -alrt pdksh*.rpm
>>> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root       494256 Aug 31 10:47
>>> pdksh-5.2.14-30.3.src.rp
>>> m
>>> [root at rhubarb tmp]# rpm -ivh pdksh-5.2.14-30.3.src.rpm
>>>    1:pdksh                  ###########################################
>>> [100%]
>>> [root at rhubarb tmp]# rpm -q --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}
> (%{ARCH})\n'
>>> pdksh 
>>> package pdksh is not installed
>> 
>> No worries
>> Conor.
>> 
>