SOMEBODY PLEASE ANSWER!! rpm says package is both installed and not installed

[Mario Heilmann <pop00071 theta pair com>]

I sent this before, but got no answer.   I am grounded becasue I cannot
install what I need.

 
I try to install msql.  It fails because of missing .h files that are in
the kernel-header rpm package.

if I install kernel-header it says it is installed, cannot be installed.

If I try rpm -V it says kernel-header is NOT installed.  I tried uninstall
(does not work), --force (still the same contradictory messages, does not
fix the situation)

Next try: I get the more recent version of kernel-headers from the 4.2
distribution.  Is this a problem???  Can I install certain modules from 4.2
into my 4.1 distribution??  Should I download the entire 4.2 distribution
(I would rather not)


 
Also, advice for installation of perl moduless, especially for
database/mSQL, installation of mSQL and PHP is more than welcome.  I guess
there is no rpm for this, it needs to be instaled the standard way??
 
I believe when I installed RedHat 4.1, I did not install the development C
files.  Now all installations fail, I slowly install missing
kernel-headers, c development libraries.  Any standard install that gets
all these things at once??



Mario Heilmann
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Dept. of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles

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