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----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Shirey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 8:41 AM
Subject: [newbie] Trying to do a rpm -Uvh


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>
> Hi, I am running MD 7.  I'm trying to update/install XFree86.4.0.1
> as a single 15 meg rpm.  I was told to do rpm -Uvh filename.rpm and I
should
> be good to go but I an running into this error message and I don't know
what
> to do next.  The error message I'm getting is "An rpm in db1 format exists
> in /var/lib/rpm/parckages.rpm.  Please convert to db3 format by running
"rpm
> --rebuilddb" as root."  I do the rpm --rebuilddb and it acts like it does
> something but when I go back and try rpm -Uvh filename.rpm it gives me the
> same error message. When i do a rpm -q I see that I am running version
3.0.
> Could the version of rpm I am running be my problem and if so how and
where
> would I go to update my version of rpm for MD.
>
> Thanks...
>
> josh
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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