Re: RH9: RPM Lockup

[geno <geno pop net>]

Neil,

You're a genius.  All is well.  Thanks.

geno
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On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 03:02, Neil Streeter wrote:
> Try these...
> 
> rm -rf /var/lib/rpm/__db*
> rpm --rebuilddb
> 
> then try rpm -i again...
> 
> later,
> ns
> 
> > I was logged in as root each time.
> >
> > geno
> > --------------------
> > On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 12:32, Walter Worth wrote:
> >> On Saturday, 28 Jun 03, geno <geno pop net> wrote:
> >> > When I use either 'rpm -i' or 'rpm -ivh' to try to
> >> > install an
> >> > RH9-specific RPM downloaded from either RHN or
> >> > Freshrpms,the machine
> >> > will accept the instruction without error message,
> >> > but then nothing
> >> > happens.
> >> >
> >> > Does anyone have any thoughts on how I can find out
> >> > what is happening?
> >> >
> >>
> >> You must be logged in as root to add or remove
> >> packages. You may, however, list installed packages,
> >> query packages for information, or verify a package's
> >> contents without root permissions. If rpm -i is run by
> >> someone who is not the root user, the command will
> >> fail. The output will indicate that the /var/lib/rpm
> >> database could not be open. Log in as root and try
> >> again. Rpm -ivh is a valid command and with the -h
> >> option, rpm chugs out 50 hash marks (#) until the
> >> package is done installing.Some problems can occur -
> >> package dependencies errors -- if the package you are
> >> installing requires additional packages for it to work
> >> properly, you will see an error noting the missing
> >> package. You should get and install that package
> >> before trying your package again. (You can override
> >> the failure with install options but I don't recommend
> >> that because your package may not work without the
> >> dependent package.
> >>
> >> Non-root user errors (use must be "root". :)
> >>
> >>
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