Re: rpm questions

["nate" <redhat aphroland org>]

CM Miller said:
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> Is anyone using apt-get for rpms in RH 8.0?

not me, but apt-get on debian is great :) (I only run woody)

> warning: cannot get exclusive lock on
> /var/lib/rpm/Packages

is that on a network filesystem?

> Also, I am trying to get either Cygwin or TightVNC

why would you install cygwin on a linux machine ??????


> [root phoenix vnc_unixsrc]# rpm -qa | grep
> tightvnc-server
> tightvnc-server-1.2.8-1
> [root phoenix vnc_unixsrc]# rpm -e
> tightvnc.server-1.2.8-1
> error: package tightvnc.server-1.2.8-1 is not
> installed
> [root phoenix vnc_unixsrc]#

> Any way to fix this?

try

rpm -e tightvnc-server-1.2.8-1  note the dash between the 2 words
not a period.

nate