Re: rpm questions

[CM Miller <cmmiller1973 yahoo com>]

>>
>>
>> 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?


Well I have Samba and NFS working but not configured
properly, but I don't really understand the question. 



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

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

Um, I don't know, is installing Cygwin bad?  

>> [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

damn syntax, ya that worked...thanks! 

-Chris 








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