Problem using RPM.

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#35

Author: David
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 10:08

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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




This occurs with all rpm's..  So what I've had to do is use alien to convert
it to slackware tgz format and manually make then make install it.

What am I doing wrong.
Appreciate all your help.

David

PS.  If replying please remove bulk  :)

Re: Problem using RPM.

#36

Author: Herbert Pophal
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

Re: Problem using RPM.

#37

Author: David
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:47

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"Herbert Pophal" <pophal@zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> wrote in message
news:3E54B196.2BCCAA78@zrz.TU-Berlin.DE...
> 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


Thanks :)

Re: Problem using RPM.

#38

Author: Paul Hands
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 14:04

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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
> 
> 
> 
> 
> This occurs with all rpm's..  So what I've had to do is use alien to
> convert it to slackware tgz format and manually make then make install it.
> 
> What am I doing wrong.
> Appreciate all your help.
> 
> David
> 
> PS.  If replying please remove bulk  :)
Hi,

You're installing a source RPM.  It probably ended up in /usr/src somewhere. 
Now you have to compile it, probably using the standard ./configure, make,
make install process.

That line of # marks indicates that it did install correctly, but the files
are all owned by root because there was some problem assigning ownerships
to otaylor.

AFAIK you can't query on source rpms, only installed binaries.

Paul

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