Re: installed rpm's not in database

[Ian Mortimer <ian physics uq edu au>]

Hi Gary

> $ rpm --version
> RPM version 4.0
> 
> $ rpm -q rpm*
> package rpm-4.0-0.45.i386.rpm is not installed
> package rpm-4.0-0.67.6x.i386.rpm is not installed
> package rpm-build-4.0-0.67.6x.i386.rpm is not installed
> package rpm-devel-4.0-0.67.6x.i386.rpm is not installed
> package rpm-python-4.0-0.67.6x.i386.rpm is not installed
> 
> I installed these per Jeff Johnson's instructions a few weeks ago but,
> obviously, they are not in the database. How do I fix this? 
> They appear to be installed, since I've installed several rpm's since with no
> problem.

Try this:

   rpm -qa | grep rpm

The answers above are correct - package rpm-4.0-0.45.i386.rpm
is not installed.  The installed package is rpm-4.0-0.45.
rpm-4.0-0.45.i386.rpm is the name of the package rpm file
not the name of the package.


Ian