Re: Problem with .rpm upgrade

["Richard Zimmerman" <ke4rit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Smith <bruce@armintl.com>
To: KLUG <klug@klug.armintl.com>
Date: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: Problem with .rpm upgrade


>> root@reliant RPMS]# rpm -f -v -h rpm-devel-3.0.2-6.0.rpm
>> rpm: unexpected query source
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>The "-f" option should be "-F"    upper case!


    DOH! That's right.... I even asked that last night, capital F....

>But that will only "freshen", and will not install anything
>that is not already installed.
>
>First, for all packages you want to install, you should:
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>  rpm -Uvh rpm-devel-3.0.2-6.0.rpm   #  (capital "U")
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>Then, while in the /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/ directory.
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>  rpm -Fvh *.rpm   #  (capital "F" option :)
>
>
>Be careful if that updates your kernel version.  That could 
>make your system unbootable unless you fix and rerun lilo.  
>(as talked about in a thread to this list a few days ago)


    So noted.. Will double check that.....

    Thanks!

    Richard


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>Armstrong International, Inc.
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