Re: [SLE] Rpm seems to load but they don't. How come?

On Sunday 28 August 2005 20:16, Michael Juntunen wrote:

I am having some trouble installing some .rpm files that I downloaded from packman. I was able to install about 200 packages with no problems but am having problems with about 20. I am using SUSE 9.3. <snip> linux:/share1/9.3/updates # rpm -Uhv d*.rpm

warning: divx4linux-20030428-0.pm.0.src.rpm: V3 DSA

You're installing source rpms (.src.rpm), not data rpms. This is why you don't see anything installed. Source rpms just get copied to /usr/src/packages, they don't get registered in the rpm database. Get the real binary rpm instead and you should have better luck