Can you post an ls -l of /var/lib/rpm/ Garl
> -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Crandell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 3:18 PM > To: The Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux User Group's mail list > Subject: Re: [eug-lug]RPM woes > > > Ben Barrett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > >Hmm, maybe see if you're trying to upgrade an existing package, (by > >doing something like 'rpm -qa|grep ftpd') and if so, use the > -U option > >for rpm instead of -i. AFAIK, -U can be used even for > installs of new > >packages, so (if that's right) it could/should be used instead of -i > >anytime. I use -Uvh. > rpm -Uvh wu-ftpd-2.6.2-12.i386.rpm > rpm: relocation error: rpm: undefined symbol: poptAliasOptions > This .rpm is made for redhat 9.0. > If I type "rpm" all by itself I get the same error. > > > > >Also: is this .rpm file made for RedHat 9? It might be somewhat > >distro-dependent, if not... or maybe there's more cruft left > over from > >mandrake. (You managed to upgrade a mandrake to redhat, > using a CD and > >clicking upgrade?? nice, except for the headaches!) > >Also, if worse comes to worse, say if you can determine that > there is a > >conflict with the existing package or other ones, remove whatever > >related stuff you can afford to remove, temporarily (rpm -e, but be > >careful, as it does not save backups as it uninstalls), do > your install > >or upgrade, and then fix up your package set. For instance, > to upgrade > >from redhat 7.x to 9, I had to remove a TON of packages, since I was > >using a lot of .fr2 (freshrpms) and .ximian (er, Novell) > packages which > >made for horrible unresolvable conflicts until I erased all those > >outsourced ones, did the upgrade, then recovered based > merely on a saved > >list of packages... my dvd reader still doesn't work again > though, wah! > I installed over the top of Mandrake. I didn't tell it to upgrade. > How would I install rpm if the current rpm program is busted? > > > > >regards, > > > > Ben > > > > > >On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:59:47 +0000 > >"Bob Crandell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >| Hi, > >| > >| When I type rpm -i wu-ftpd-2.6.2-12.i386.rpm on a brand > new Redhat 9.0 > >| box I get > >| rpm: relocation error: rpm: undefined symbol: poptAliasOptions > >| > >| This is an upgrade from mandrake 7.2 that didn't go well. > >| > >| help. > >| > >| Thanks > >| Bob > >| > >_______________________________________________ > >EuG-LUG mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > > > > -- > Assured Computing > When you need to be sure. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.assuredcomp.com > Voice - 541-868-0331 > FAX - 541-463-1627 > Eugene, Oregon > > > _______________________________________________ > EuG-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug