On Thursday 14 December 2000 15:27, you wrote: > > I have been having problems getting rpm to work on mdk 7.2. At the > moment, when I try to upgrade cups by downloading the rpm, I get: > [root@lyra mdk7.2_updates]# rpm -Uvh cups-1.1.4-7.1mdk.i586.rpm > cups ######################################### > error getting record /bin/sh from //var/lib/rpm/requiredby.rpm > error getting record /bin/sh from //var/lib/rpm/requiredby.rpm > > then cups appears to have installed correctly, but there are 2 copies: > [root@lyra mdk7.2_updates]# rpm -q cups > cups-1.1.4-3mdk > cups-1.1.4-7.1mdk > > ?? What's wrong with my setup ?? > > Furthermore, when I fire up MandrakeUpdate (problems there, too - > see below), and try to update a package, I get complaints of an > incorrectly signed package or faulty gnupg setup. > > 2nd problem (related?): > when I try to start MandrakeUpdate or DrakConf from the desktop, > nothing happens. When I try to start them from the command-line: > > [tom@lyra tom]$ /usr/X11R6/bin/DrakConf > execl() error, errno=13 > > Now, I assume that you're supposed to execute DrakConf.real, because > that seems to work, but why won't clicking the desktop icon work? > > Anyway, the main question remains the rpm database... can anyone > help? > > Thanks, > Tom > What does # rpm --rebuilddb do? Civileme
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