Richard F. Hobson wrote: > 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.
Yeah I would try to see if rpm -e timidity will remove what's on your system. Then you can try -ivh against the package again. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
