[newbie] RPM Problems

2001-12-19 Thread Pauljames Dimitriu
Hello All, I posted this question before, but I don't think it made it to the message board. I just downloaded a new driver for my Lexmark Z35 printer and it's in RPM format. Unfortunately when I double click on it, I get an error saying that Nautilus (I use Gnome) does not have a

Re: [newbie] RPM Problems

2001-12-19 Thread Anuerin G. Diaz
rpm is not a viewer. its a utility. if you want a viewer then you have to find a front-end. the only one i know of is rpmdrake aka Software Manager. you are getting errors because you are trying to install while as a normal user and cannot update the dependency database. log-in to root and try

Re: [newbie] RPM Problems

2001-12-19 Thread Michel Clasquin
On Wednesday 19 December 2001 10:53, Anuerin G. Diaz wrote: rpm is not a viewer. its a utility. if you want a viewer then you have to find a front-end. the only one i know of is rpmdrake aka Software Manager. kpackage gnorpm even my favourite file managr, xwc will let you view the files

Re: [newbie] RPM Problems

2000-11-13 Thread Paul . Newman
/2000 11:20:08 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: [newbie] RPM Problems Hi there, I am fairly new to Mandrake Linux and rpm's in general. I am experiencing a peculiar problem when trying to install some rpm's. I get the following errors (dependency

[newbie] RPM problems

2000-04-20 Thread Bruce E. Harris
I am new to Mandrak, switching from Caldera. I have tried to install Canvas 7 in rpm form, and even Mandrak openssh rpm and all failed. Seems rpm is screwed. I did get an error msg that I can not dupe a the moment but seem to remember cant access lib6 /var/lib/rpm/requiredby.rpm (I know