[ale] rpm bug

[Geoffrey]

ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> I tried all three suggestions after the --rebuild and none of them worked yet.
> Still somehow, the rpm manager says that the packages have been installed:

What does:

rpm -qa|grep NVIDIA

return??

> 
> Drew
> 
> 
> 
> [root at computer3 setups]# rpm -Uvh --allfiles 
> NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.rh80up_2.4.18_18.8.0.i686.rpm
> Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
>         package NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.rh80up_2.4.18_18.8.0 is already 
> installed[root at computer3 setups]# rpm -Uvh --allfiles 
> NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191.i386.rpm
> Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
>         package NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191 is already installed
> 
> 
> 
> On Wednesday 05 February 2003 19:01, Jonathan Glass \(IBB\) wrote:
> 
>>Look into the "rpm -e --allmatches" option.  Also, do an "rpm -qa | grep
>><partial package name>" to see what the package names itself.  Finally,
>>try a "rpm --rebuilddb".  This fixes a myriad of odd-ball rpm problems.
>>
>>HTH
>>
>>Jonathan Glass
>>Systems Support Specialist II
>>Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience
>>Georgia Institute of Technology
>>404.385.0127
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org] On Behalf Of
>>ChangingLINKS.com
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 6:33 PM
>>To: ale at ale.org
>>Subject: [ale] rpm bug
>>
>>
>>What is the deal with rpms?
>>On several occasions, I have installed a package using rpm -i or rpm -U.
>>Then, if I try to do rpm -e the results is that the "package is not
>>installed" Finally, when I do rpm -U or rpm -i of the same package, it
>>says "package
>>already installed"
>>
>>Can someone help me understand HOW that can happen so that I won't be so
>>
>>frustrated with that aspect. (We will skip the debate on whether or not
>>this
>>is a bug or a weakness or not this time.) It seems like the other
>>systems of
>>installation that I have used are more reliable - but take more
>>keystrokes.
> 
> 

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