Re: RPM has problems recognizing installed packages

[Carlos <garciasuarez ya com>]

The full name of the package is 

j2re-1_4_1_02-fcs-linux-i586.rpm

It seems that I only get a message if I use "rpm -qi j2re"

Thanks

Carlos



On Thursday 01 May 2003 13:00, Michael Fratoni wrote:
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> On Thursday 01 May 2003 04:52 am, Carlos wrote:
> > Quite frequently RPM on RH 8.0 seems to have trouble
> > indentifying installed packages. I just installed a
> > java_plugin and after installing a ask "rpm -qi
> > packagename" and I get the message that the package is
> > not installed. However, if I try to installe it again,
> > then a get a message saying that it is already
> > installed. I have rebuild the rpm data base and it
> > keeps on doing the same.
> >
> > Could someone clarify ?
>
> What was the name of the package you installed, and how
> did you run rpm -qi?
>
> For example, I installed j2re-1.4.2-beta.i586.rpm. To
> query the installed package:
> 'rpm -q j2re' or 'rpm -q j2re-1.4.2-beta'
>
> However, rpm -q j2re-1.4.2-beta.i586.rpm won't work.
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