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Article #36Re: Problem using RPM.
From: Herbert Pophal
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 10:44
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 10:44
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David wrote: > > This may sound silly, but some of my friends can't work it out either. > > Whenever I use rpm to install something, it never installs, for example: > > [root@localhost davluong]# rpm -ivh gtk+-1.2.8-1.src.rpm > warning: user otaylor does not exist - using root > warning: group otaylor does not exist - using root > warning: user otaylor does not exist - using root > warning: group otaylor does not exist - using root > warning: user otaylor does not exist - using root > warning: group otaylor does not exist - using root > warning: user otaylor does not exist - using root > warning: group otaylor does not exist - using root > 1:gtk+ ########################################### > [100%] > [root@localhost davluong]# rpm -ql gtk+-1.2.8-1.src.rpm > package gtk+-1.2.8-1.src.rpm is not installed When querying a package installation, don't use the file name, rather use the package name. This applies to binary rpms. Source rpms, as you installed one, cannot be queried. After having installed a source rpm, the sources are usually to be found in /usr/src/... Herbert
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 108c83,671b5d29243dfbb7 X-Google-Attributes: gid108c83,public X-Google-Thread: fe2cf,671b5d29243dfbb7 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe2cf,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-02-20 02:44:39 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!news-fra1.dfn.de!news-ber1.dfn.de!zrz.TU-Berlin.DE!not-for-mail From: Herbert Pophal <pophal@zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> Newsgroups: linux.redhat,aus.computers Subject: Re: Problem using RPM. Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:44:38 +0100 Organization: Technical University Berlin, Germany Lines: 25 Message-ID: <3E54B196.2BCCAA78@zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> References: <b329e7$krq$1@enyo.uwa.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: gaudi.zrz.tu-berlin.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.18-24.7.x i686) X-Accept-Language: en