On Wednesday 21 December 2005 09:24, David A. Parker wrote:
In rare cases (mainly on older Red Hat installations), I have had rpm still refuse to install multiple packages that require each other using "rpm -i *.rpm". In this case, "rpm -i --nodeps *.rpm" solves the problem.
"Certified Computer Specialist"... Certified in what? Certified by whom? That's a pretty vague title. :-)
I know what "certifiable" implies. Sometimes, I even think people who go out of their way to find and tackle enduser computer problems fit /that/ bill... ;-) Anyway, Gregory, since Silviu succinctly handled the partitioning issue, here's some advice on rpm: When you're using command line rpm, it's a good idea to put the .rpm packages you want to install in a directory by themselves and issue, as root/su: "rpm -Uhv *.rpm --test" (no quotes, of course) This will pretend to upgrade those packages where previous versions are already installed and also pretend to install the packages that are new. It will not write any changes to disk, however, merely give you feedback about any problems or conflicts that it encounters. The above process is iterative, meaning you dump the packages into the directory, run the test, read the errors, act on the errors (usually add/remove .rpms in the working directory) and then test again. When you reach the point where there are no errors reported, the text-based progress bars will complete to 100% and rpm will just dump you back to a command prompt. You then have the pleasure of using your 'up' arrow, deleting the '--test' parameter and issuing the real command to perform the real installation. Note: Sometimes, especially if it's only one or a few packages, you get lucky on the first test and don't see any errors. Finally, please don't forget to run 'SuSEconfig' and 'ldconfig' immediately after installing the packages. HTH & regards, - Carl