Re: [TCLUG:193] an interesting problem

["Nishikant Kapoor (H)" <nkapoor@c3ipros.com>]

I guess, I should have used the -Update flag instead of unistall&install,
right ?

Nishi

Bob Tanner wrote:

> Quoting Nishikant Kapoor (H) (nkapoor@c3ipros.com):
> > Hi all
> >
> > Here is an interesting situation.
> >
> > In an attempt to update my 'rpm' package from 2.3.11 to 2.4.12,
> > I used 'rpm -ev rpm' to remove it, It gave me a couple of warnings
> >
> > cannot remove /usr/src/redhat/SPECS - directory not empty
> > cannot remove /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES - directory not empty
> > cannot remove /usr/src/redhat - directory not empty
> >
> > but apparently removed the package.
> >
> > And now comes the tricky part. I want to install the new rpm package
> > using
> > 'rpm -iv rpm-2.4.12-1.i386.rpm ' but oh, oh! I don't have the rpm
> > package
> > installed on my system. Catch 22, I guess.
> >
> > I can install it from the .gz but I'm hoping there is a workaround for
> > it.
>
> Install the tar.gz
>
> >
> > Another question, Have I lost my rpm database too ? If so, can it be
> > rebuilt?
>
> /var/lib/rpm db should still be there.
>
> After install rpm --rebuilddb
>
> >
> > Thanks
> > Nishi
> >
> >
> >
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