Just my two cents, but I've always found Kpackage to be far easier to deal
with.
--
Mark
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"what knowledge I have managed to accumlate over the years
at times becomes obscured and even hidden amidst the vast
emotional onslaught of my children. You never finish being a parent. :)"
On Fri,
On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Civileme wrote:
> > ... so, how do i get the db recreated? it never seems to want to
> > read the info from the two cds :(
> Put CD1 in and in a superuser terminal
>
> rpm -e --nodeps rpmdrake-1.3-49mdk.rpm
> cd /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS
> rpm -ivh rpmdrake-1.3-49mdk.rpm
On Friday 01 June 2001 02:56, Dan Swartzendruber wrote:
> On Thu, 31 May 2001, Civileme wrote:
> > > no luck. just to clarify, after step #1, am i supposed to quit
> > > the software manager?
> >
> > Yes
> >
> > Ok try this
> >
> > rm -r /var/lib/list.CD* -f
> > rm -r /var/lib/depslist.ordere
On Thu, 31 May 2001, Civileme wrote:
> > no luck. just to clarify, after step #1, am i supposed to quit
> > the software manager?
>
>
> Yes
>
> Ok try this
>
> rm -r /var/lib/list.CD* -f
> rm -r /var/lib/depslist.ordered
> urpmi.update -a
> rpm --rebuilddb
>
> If that fixes the problem, it r
On Wed, 30 May 2001, Civileme wrote:
>
> Try this
>
> 1. Remove ALL sources from Software manager
>
> 2. rpm --rebuilddb
>
> 3. Give software manager some sources again.
no luck. just to clarify, after step #1, am i supposed to quit
the software manager?
At 06:15 PM 5/30/2001 -0700, Civileme wrote:
>On Wednesday 30 May 2001 08:00, Stephen Lawrence Jr. wrote:
> > I have noticed that my rpmdrake tends to lose CDROM 2 from the list.
> >
> > Dan Swartzendruber wrote:
> > > this is really odd. rpmdrake has suddenly developed amnesia about
> > > my ins
On Wednesday 30 May 2001 08:00, Stephen Lawrence Jr. wrote:
> I have noticed that my rpmdrake tends to lose CDROM 2 from the list.
>
> Dan Swartzendruber wrote:
> > this is really odd. rpmdrake has suddenly developed amnesia about
> > my install cdroms. i look at the list of packages available,
I have noticed that my rpmdrake tends to lose CDROM 2 from the list.
Dan Swartzendruber wrote:
> this is really odd. rpmdrake has suddenly developed amnesia about
> my install cdroms. i look at the list of packages available, and
> select one. i click on 'install/remove'. it tells me to ins
this is really odd. rpmdrake has suddenly developed amnesia about
my install cdroms. i look at the list of packages available, and
select one. i click on 'install/remove'. it tells me to insert
the first cdrom (or the second, depending on the package). i do.
i clock the ok bar. it ejects th
