rpm -q indicated the package is not installed. rpm -v just gave me the option list for rpm. So I guess only some timidity directories and files were copied but the app was not really installed. Anything else I can try??
Thanks Rich. On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 15:36, Mark Haney wrote: > Richard F. Hobson wrote: > > Thanks to both of you. > > > > I first ran "rpm -ivh" from the shell and it got as far as GUI- went > > through the prep stage and then aborted with no error or other > > messages. I downloaded Red-Carpet and installed (went smoothly). > > Red Carpet ran the install and reported that timidity was already > > installed. From a tour through diretories it looks like it IS > > installed, but shows up on no menu. I ran "timidity" from the shell > > and got a normal looking welcome message(s) from timidity and then it > > shut down. So how do I run timidity under X? > > > > Rich. > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 13:17, Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote: > >> On Monday 21 July 2003 11:39, Mark Haney wrote this in an attempt to > >> be witty and informative: > >> <snip> > >>> I've seen this a couple of times, and both times it's been a > >>> dependency issue. I.e. there's a package dependency that is causing > >>> the install to fail. With the GUI package manager, it doesn't seem > >>> to tell you this. If you run rpm -ivh <package name> it should tell > >>> you the dependency that's failed. If that's not it, then I'm at a > >>> loss. > >> > >> He should go get Red-Carpet. It will tell you about (and in most > >> cases resolve) dependency issues. > >> > >> -- > >> Wielder of the mighty +1 LARTsaber of Unsubscribe Instructions At > >> End of Message, the +3 Clue-by-Four of No Attachments to a Mailing > >> List, and the -4 Shield of No Spell Checker > >> http://joseph-a-nagy-jr.homelinux.org http://mc-luug.homelinux.org/ > > Run rpm -q timidity to see if it really is there. And I think rpm -v > will verify the package to see if it's not corrupt. > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
