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Posted by grandsnafu [send private reply] at September 02, 2001, 03:34:48 PM
Running Redcarpet to update rpm appears to have been a bad idea because now I can't install anything through rpm. It squawks "error: cannot open Packages index using db1 - No such file or directory (2)" anytime I try to do anything, like verify or install. Anyone know what to do? I'll try downloading rpm and installing it that way...arghh...
Posted by sphinX [send private reply] at September 03, 2001, 01:13:06 AM
i'm sure rpm has a switch for rebuilding the rpm database...have a look at rpm --help or man rpm
Posted by buzgub [send private reply] at September 03, 2001, 02:38:37 AM
on a related note, can I get rpm to acknowledge a new version installed with "make install"???
Posted by gian [send private reply] at September 05, 2001, 01:59:10 AM
RPM is cool.... Yes, can be a pain in the ass, but think about it... RPM or GZip'd tar that requires manual installation and path changing.
Posted by grandsnafu [send private reply] at September 07, 2001, 10:36:31 AM
I was able to print out the 14 page manpage, and saw the Section "REBUILD DATABASE OPTIONS" It says, simply "The general form of an rpm rebuild database command is rpm --rebuilddb. To rebuild a new database, do : rpm --initdb. The only options for these modes are --dbpath and --root." I have no idea if these are the right commands to be using (the rebuild database part kind of hints at it though). Running rpm with --initdb creates packages.rpm under /var/lib/rpm. Running rpm with --rebuilddb just sits and does nothing for hours on end (started at 10 at night, still doing nothing at 7 in the morning). Are the commands meant for packaging your own rpms or something?
buzgub : what do you mean? notice the new program rpm or a new file you installed that was an .rpm? gian : you're right. gzip'd tar stuff sucks too, and when rpms do work the usually work well. this is really frustrating though.
Posted by have_dinner [send private reply] at September 07, 2001, 10:47:08 AM
why did you leave that silly program running overnight??? why didn't u grep it to see if it was even moving?
anyway... maybe just re-install rpm thingie or just use gzippies!
Posted by CHollman82 [send private reply] at October 01, 2001, 09:51:11 PM
Posted by buzgub [send private reply] at September 07, 2001, 08:58:25 PM
grandsnafu: After installing a program from a g'zipped tarball and configuring, making, and installing it, can rpm be made to recognize that the program has been upgraded *outside* of rpm?
Posted by grandsnafu [send private reply] at September 08, 2001, 01:09:25 PM
buzgub : no, I don't think so. If I can ever get my rpm database to rebuild, maybe I'll find out.
chollman : haha
Posted by grandsnafu [send private reply] at September 09, 2001, 08:36:50 PM
ok, changing Packages to packages.rpm and running rpm --rebuilddb worked and Red Carpet is running happily as meg after meg is downloaded. Of course, evolution broke after downloading beta 3. something about "configuration database not found."
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