As man rpm would tell you its database is in /var/lib/rpm/ :-). Unless
you make it use one somewhere else with --root or --dbpath. It
sounds like maybe you would be happier just using the --nodeps option
and taking care of the dependencies yourself.
Lawson
>< Microsoft free environment
This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary.
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Weizhong wrote:
> Hi,
>
> this problem bothers me a lot. When I try to install new package
> or upgrade old ones, it always check dependent library first and then
stop
> to tell me there is something missing. Actually, I have those
"missing"
> stuff there. So I go back to compile by myself with source file. I've
done
> that to upgrade gtk+1.2.1 for example.
>
> Now, I am trying to install gnome1.0. there are a lot of rpm
requirements
> before installation. And I do not want to compile them one by one.
>
> I guess rpm checkes requirments from certain database. How can I
upgrade
> that info?
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Weizhong
>
>
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