Sax2 installation hiccup - anything to worry about?
Howdy, everyone: In the true spirit of (now!) "trying to do everything right", I've decided I should stop ignoring warnings and error messages :-) I have obtained (from ftp.suse.com) the latest XFree 4.2.0 stuff, and followed the easy installation-instructions *to the letter* (another first for me :-) ). Unfortunately, I hit a bump during Sax2; does anyone have suggestions for what action I should take: root@oilslick:/home/gordonp/sax2 > ls -al total 1155 drwxr-xr-x 2 gordonp users 113 Feb 27 14:41 . drwxr-xr-x 41 gordonp users 2030 Feb 27 13:47 .. -rw-rw-r-- 1 gordonp users 1162255 Feb 27 2002 sax2-4.3-350.i386.rpm -rw-rw-r-- 1 gordonp users 12291 Feb 27 2002 saxident-1.1-103.i386.rpm root@oilslick:/home/gordonp/sax2 > rpm --nodeps --force -Uhv *.rpm sax2 ################################################## cannot remove /var/opt/sax - directory not empty cannot remove /usr/X11R6/lib/sax/sysp/maps - directory not empty cannot remove /usr/X11R6/lib/sax/sysp - directory not empty cannot remove /usr/X11R6/lib/sax - directory not empty saxident ################################################## (apologies for my mailer doing the word-wrap thing...) -Gord -- Gordon Pritchard, P.Eng., Member IEEE Technical University of B.C. - Research Lab Engineer mailto:gordon.pritchard@techbc.ca direct phone: 604-586-6186
Gordon Pritchard wrote:
I have obtained (from ftp.suse.com) the latest XFree 4.2.0 stuff, and followed the easy installation-instructions *to the letter* (another first for me :-) ). Unfortunately, I hit a bump during Sax2; does anyone have suggestions for what action I should take:
root@oilslick:/home/gordonp/sax2 > ls -al total 1155 drwxr-xr-x 2 gordonp users 113 Feb 27 14:41 . drwxr-xr-x 41 gordonp users 2030 Feb 27 13:47 .. -rw-rw-r-- 1 gordonp users 1162255 Feb 27 2002 sax2-4.3-350.i386.rpm -rw-rw-r-- 1 gordonp users 12291 Feb 27 2002 saxident-1.1-103.i386.rpm root@oilslick:/home/gordonp/sax2 > rpm --nodeps --force -Uhv *.rpm sax2
I would suggest using YAST (1). I have used it for a long time and it has yet to kill my system. :-) JUst go to Package Management, install package, <Enter> (to enter the source), <Enter> (again to choose the directory, which in your case would be /home/gordonp/sax2), and you will see a list of the files, with those installed with an i or those installed but older than the present files with an o. Hit the spacebar on the o [will become x], F10, follow instructions, and before you know it you are done and all is well. ;-) YMMV -- Joe & Sesil Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871
On Wednesday 27 February 2002 23:47, Gordon Pritchard wrote:
In the true spirit of (now!) "trying to do everything right", I've decided I should stop ignoring warnings and error messages :-)
root@oilslick:/home/gordonp/sax2 > rpm --nodeps --force -Uhv *.rpm sax2
This is a contradiction in terms. If you use --nodeps and --force you are very much ignoring warnings and errors
################################################## cannot remove /var/opt/sax - directory not empty cannot remove /usr/X11R6/lib/sax/sysp/maps - directory not empty cannot remove /usr/X11R6/lib/sax/sysp - directory not empty cannot remove /usr/X11R6/lib/sax - directory not empty saxident ##################################################
When the old sax package is upgraded rpm attempts to remove files and directories that aren't in the new. If those directories are also used by other packages, or if programs have stored temporary files in them, the rmdir will fail. It's generally nothing to worry about. Just check what files are there, and if they aren't important (be sure about this, though) you can do an rm -rf on the dirs //Anders
On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 17:23, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Wednesday 27 February 2002 23:47, Gordon Pritchard wrote:
In the true spirit of (now!) "trying to do everything right", I've decided I should stop ignoring warnings and error messages :-)
root@oilslick:/home/gordonp/sax2 > rpm --nodeps --force -Uhv *.rpm sax2
This is a contradiction in terms. If you use --nodeps and --force you are very much ignoring warnings and errors
Yes - however, I was just following the instructions that accompany SuSE's XFree download. Despite these minor directory-removal warnings, I went ahead and ran Sax2. Seemed fine. XFree86 4.2.0 is up-and-running now :-) I just have to check everything thoroughly, to find out what broke (or, more likely, needs tweaking back to what I had before). There's always something... -Gord
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