* Andreas Hanke <andreas.hanke@gmx-topmail.de> [08-21-06 15:16]:
Now download rpm.x86_64
http://download.uni-hd.de/ftp/pub/linux/suse/update/10.1/rpm/x86_64/rpm-4.4....
and extract it somewhere (preferably an otherwise empty directory):
rpm2cpio.pl rpm-4.4.2-43.4.x86_64.rpm | cpio -id
Now copy the extracted files manually to their location.
Important: rpm will probably work again, but copying the files manually will not register rpm itself in the rpm database. So you should rpm-install rpm on top of the manually extracted files:
rpm -Uvh rpm-4.4.2-43.4.x86_64.rpm
And a general hint: Use "rpm -U", not "rpm -i" when installing packages. This might help avoiding double installed packages (-U replaces an existing package which is the right thing in most situations, -i will install a new package in addition to the existing one).
If that fails, try 2. Boot into the rescue system, mount your / file system and use
rpm -Uvh --root=/mountpoint rpm-4.4.2-43.4.x86_64.rpm
to reinstall rpm on the rpm-less system.
tks, I'm working on it now... -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org