Re: [CentOS] rpm -q versus what's installed
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 2:56 AM, William L. Maltby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 23:27 -0400, Scott R. Ehrlich wrote: >> I am trying to install Oracle client 10g (10.2.0) on a 64-bit CentOS 5.0 >> system. >> >> 'rpm -q make gcc glibc etc' reveals some packages as "not installed", yet >> a yum install consistently returns Nothing to do. Yum list >> available yields nothing needed. >> >> If rpm -q lists some that are "not installed" but every >> variant of yum install and yum list I've tried and googled claiims nothing >> more needs to be installed, either the OS is misreporting (I doubt that) >> or I'm missing something that is not easily being revealed, or that I >> haven't used in a long time and outright forgetting. > > A common error is to not give the correct name to rpm. Try > > rpm -qa | grep > > I often forget to add such trivial stuff as ".i386" to the package name. > > Ditto for yum. Just do a yum list all into some file and then view the > file. > > Also, yum list all into a file might be useful. It shows installed and > available. > I have a couple of aliases you might find useful for this: alias rg='rpm -qa | grep -i' alias yg='yum list | grep -i' They're not terribly efficient, but I don't use them that often, either. Also, I have a setting in my .rpmmacros (or .rpmrc) file at home that specifies to list the machine type along with the file name - I can't remember it (or find it) right now, but I got it here, so someone knows (Figures that I wouldn't have it here) HTH mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] rpm -q versus what's installed
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 6:56 AM, William L. Maltby
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 23:27 -0400, Scott R. Ehrlich wrote:
> > I am trying to install Oracle client 10g (10.2.0) on a 64-bit CentOS 5.0
> > system.
> >
> > 'rpm -q make gcc glibc etc' reveals some packages as "not installed", yet
> > a yum install consistently returns Nothing to do. Yum list
> > available yields nothing needed.
> >
> > If rpm -q lists some that are "not installed" but every
> > variant of yum install and yum list I've tried and googled claiims nothing
> > more needs to be installed, either the OS is misreporting (I doubt that)
>
> Good, 'cause the OS has nothing to do with it! ;-) It's all the rpm
> package and what sits on top of that, yum.
>
> > or I'm missing something that is not easily being revealed, or that I
> > haven't used in a long time and outright forgetting.
>
> A common error is to not give the correct name to rpm. Try
>
> rpm -qa | grep
>
> I often forget to add such trivial stuff as ".i386" to the package name.
This is very important because in a 64 bits installation, you will
need some packages in 32 bits version also (rpm -qa will show you
duplicate names because of this). IIRC openmotif21 has 32 bits version
only.
By default, yum installs the default architecture (uname -i) but you
can "yum install compat-libstsdc++-devel.i386" if you need. To see the
architecture of installed packages: rpm -qa --qf
"%{N}-%{V}-%{R}.%{ARCH}\n"
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Marcelo
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Re: [CentOS] rpm -q versus what's installed
On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 23:27 -0400, Scott R. Ehrlich wrote: > I am trying to install Oracle client 10g (10.2.0) on a 64-bit CentOS 5.0 > system. > > 'rpm -q make gcc glibc etc' reveals some packages as "not installed", yet > a yum install consistently returns Nothing to do. Yum list > available yields nothing needed. > > If rpm -q lists some that are "not installed" but every > variant of yum install and yum list I've tried and googled claiims nothing > more needs to be installed, either the OS is misreporting (I doubt that) Good, 'cause the OS has nothing to do with it! ;-) It's all the rpm package and what sits on top of that, yum. > or I'm missing something that is not easily being revealed, or that I > haven't used in a long time and outright forgetting. A common error is to not give the correct name to rpm. Try rpm -qa | grep I often forget to add such trivial stuff as ".i386" to the package name. Ditto for yum. Just do a yum list all into some file and then view the file. Also, yum list all into a file might be useful. It shows installed and available. > HTH -- Bill ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] rpm -q versus what's installed
I am trying to install Oracle client 10g (10.2.0) on a 64-bit CentOS 5.0 system. 'rpm -q make gcc glibc etc' reveals some packages as "not installed", yet a yum install consistently returns Nothing to do. Yum list available yields nothing needed. If rpm -q lists some that are "not installed" but every variant of yum install and yum list I've tried and googled claiims nothing more needs to be installed, either the OS is misreporting (I doubt that) or I'm missing something that is not easily being revealed, or that I haven't used in a long time and outright forgetting. I still need (per rpm -q): compat-gcc compat-gcc-c++ compat-libstsdc++-devel openmotif21 gnome-libs There has been a suggestion of the version of Oracle (32 or 64 bit) I'm trying to install, but after thinking about it, I believe this question is a more fundamental operating system issue. Thanks for any insight. Scott ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
