On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 11:30, John Noll wrote: > Stuart Jansen wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 23:33, John Noll wrote: > > > >>Dave gave me the advice shown below about uninstalling and reinstalling > >>sound card modules. Unfortunately, I have a strange problem. When I > >>try to uninstall the current rpm the system tells me it isn't > >>installed. Then when I try to install the new one built for my kernel > >>it says an updated version of the rpm is already installed. > > > > > > Could you send us the text of the exact commands and error messages? > > > > This is what I get when I try to unistall. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] john]$ su - root > Password: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# rpm -qa | grep hcfpci > hcfpcimodem-0.99mbsibeta02123100k2.4.18_19.8.0-1rh > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# rpm -e > hcfpcimodem-0.99mbsibeta02123100k2.4.18_19.8.0-1rh/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.39516: > line 2: /usr/sbin/hcfpciconfig: No such file or directory > error: %preun(hcfpcimodem-0.99mbsibeta02123100k2.4.18_19.8.0-1rh) > scriptlet failed, exit status 127 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# > > > > This is what I get when I try to install the new one. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] hcfpcimodem]# rpm -Uvh > hcfpcimodem-0.99mbsibeta02123100k2.4.18_14-1rh.i386.rpm > Preparing... ########################################### > [100%] > package hcfpcimodem-0.99mbsibeta02123100k2.4.18_19.8.0-1rh > (which is newer than hcfpcimodem-0.99mbsibeta02123100k2.4.18_14-1rh) is > already installed > [EMAIL PROTECTED] hcfpcimodem]# >
try using the option --oldpackage. Sometimes rpm doesn't compare the versions correctly. Michael > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies -- Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
