Re: rpm error: cannot open file

[Hal Burgiss <hdb iglou com>]

On Sat, Jul 31, 1999 at 05:22:29PM -0700, Michael Starnes wrote:
> The rpm man page seems to indicate that the '+' should
> be immediately after the rpm file name.
> 

Hmmm...never noticed that. I suspect that is shorthand notation for
including multiple rpms on the same command line. 

> I am doing this as root.
> 
> ls shows the rpm files in the current working
> directory.
> 
> I tried rpm -ivv and saw the install process fly by.
The important part of the install message is the last part -- it should
be telling you whether it was successful or not.

> Now doing a 'rpm -q -a' shows the two packages I want
> installed.
> 

Then as far as rpm is concerned you should be good to go. If not working
at this point, it is a path, permissions, or other config problem. Try
'which G2player' to see if it is in your PATH. If this returns nothing,
the try 'locate G2player' to see where it is (assuming locate db is up
to date). 

> One of them is the G2player. It also shows up in the
> GUI package manager and verifying it shows no
> problems. Pressing the configure button gives me
> 'Package path: /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS'. I don't find
> G2player on the window manager's menus and and trying
> to start it by clicking a webpage link causes the
> message 'G2player: command not found'.

If you want it on the root menu, you probably will have to add it
yourself. How to do this is WM dependent. 

You probably need to tell NS more about G2player. Do this under the
'Edit' menu. Select 'Navigator', then click the little triangle to
expand the menu down, then select applications. Add/Edit as needed. 


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Hal B
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