On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Chris Job wrote:
> Hey folks....
> Sorry for being long winded but....
>
> I downloaded the latest XFree86-Mach64 rpm module from Red Hat's
website
> onto a disk. I did this using Internet Explorer on a Windows 95 PC. I
> then copied the module into a temp directory on my Red Hat Linux 5.2.
> box and then tried to install it using "rpm -I <filename>.rpm. I got
> the error message: Can't open <filename>.rpm.
>
> Any suggestions as to what I should do next?
Try spelling <filename> right. Rpm tries to open the file. If the open
fails for any reason, that is the message you get. For example:
Script started on Wed Jun 16 12:03:31 1999
witsend:~$ rpm -i oosp
error: cannot open file oosp
witsend:~$ ls -l oosp
/bin/ls: oosp: No such file or directory
witsend:~$ rpm -i pd
error: cannot open file pd
witsend:~$ cat pd
cat: pd: Permission denied
witsend:~$ ls -l pd
---------- 1 whit uucp 0 Jun 16 12:02 pd
witsend:~$ rpm -i oops
error: oops does not appear to be a RPM package
error: oops cannot be installed
witsend:~$ exit
exit
Script done on Wed Jun 16 12:04:42 1999
As you can see, giving it a file that is damaged or not an rpm provokes
a different error.
Lawson
>< Microsoft free environment
This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary.
>
> Thanks
> Chris Job
> "when excellence is available, good is not enough"
>
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