Re: rpm questions? solved

2003-10-13 Thread Willem van der Walt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi, The advanced server rpm packages seems to have been currupted files. Thanks for the pointer to the files in /var/lib/rpm for the hanging rpm problem i had. Regards, 'Willem -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-lis

Re: rpm questions?

2003-10-10 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:42:37 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > 2. We have a Redhat advance server. > > The administrator had not up to today activated the rhn_register/up2date > > setup. > > When he tried, he got the errors related to the ssl Certi

Re: rpm questions?

2003-10-10 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:03:27 +0200 (SAST), Willem van der Walt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have two rpm questions. > 1. On redhat 9 by forcing installs etc. i got rpm to a state where it > hung. > With some difficulty i kill

rpm questions?

2003-10-10 Thread Willem van der Walt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hello, I have two rpm questions. 1. On redhat 9 by forcing installs etc. i got rpm to a state where it hung. With some difficulty i killed it. It now does not even want to do a query. I tried rebuilding the database with rpmdb --rebuilddb. It also seemed to hang, (I left it over night). What

Re: rpm questions

2003-03-01 Thread Bill Anderson
On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 23:59, CM Miller wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] vnc_unixsrc]# rpm -qa | grep > >> tightvnc-server > >> tightvnc-server-1.2.8-1 > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] vnc_unixsrc]# rpm -e > >> tightvnc.server-1.2.8-1 > >> error: package tightvnc.server-1.2.8-1 is not > >> installed > >> [EMAIL

Re: rpm questions

2003-02-28 Thread CM Miller
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] vnc_unixsrc]# rpm -qa | grep >> tightvnc-server >> tightvnc-server-1.2.8-1 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] vnc_unixsrc]# rpm -e >> tightvnc.server-1.2.8-1 >> error: package tightvnc.server-1.2.8-1 is not >> installed >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] vnc_unixsrc]# >> Any way to fix this? >It means

Re: rpm questions

2003-02-28 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Ralf Corsepius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 01 Mar 2003 06:06:19 +0100 > Am Sam, 2003-03-01 um 00.06 schrieb CM Miller: > > Is anyone using apt-get for rpms in RH 8.0? > I do. > > > Whenever I issue the following command, I get a > > strange error: > > > > apt-get ins

Re: rpm questions

2003-02-28 Thread Ralf Corsepius
Am Sam, 2003-03-01 um 00.06 schrieb CM Miller: > Is anyone using apt-get for rpms in RH 8.0? I do. > Whenever I issue the following command, I get a > strange error: > > apt-get install foo > > warning: cannot get exclusive lock on > /var/lib/rpm/Packages > What does this mean? All of these

Re: rpm questions

2003-02-28 Thread nate
CM Miller said: > Well I have Samba and NFS working but not configured > properly, but I don't really understand the question. then it's probably not :) as others reccomended, be sure you are root when running apt-get. > Um, I don't know, is installing Cygwin bad? cygwin is for win32 systems. i

Re: rpm questions

2003-02-28 Thread Bill Anderson
On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 16:06, CM Miller wrote: > Is anyone using apt-get for rpms in RH 8.0? Yes. > > Whenever I issue the following command, I get a > strange error: > > apt-get install foo > > warning: cannot get exclusive lock on > /var/lib/rpm/Packages > > What does this mean? All of t

Re: rpm questions

2003-02-28 Thread CM Miller
>> >> >> Is anyone using apt-get for rpms in RH 8.0? >not me, but apt-get on debian is great :) (I only run >woody) >> warning: cannot get exclusive lock on >> /var/lib/rpm/Packages >is that on a network filesystem? Well I have Samba and NFS working but not configured properly, but I don't re

Re: rpm questions

2003-02-28 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 28 February 2003 06:06 pm, CM Miller wrote: > Is anyone using apt-get for rpms in RH 8.0? > > Whenever I issue the following command, I get a > strange error: > > apt-get install foo > > warning: cannot get exclusive lock on > /var/lib/rpm/Pa

Re: rpm questions

2003-02-28 Thread nate
CM Miller said: > > > Is anyone using apt-get for rpms in RH 8.0? not me, but apt-get on debian is great :) (I only run woody) > warning: cannot get exclusive lock on > /var/lib/rpm/Packages is that on a network filesystem? > Also, I am trying to get either Cygwin or TightVNC why would you ins

rpm questions

2003-02-28 Thread CM Miller
Is anyone using apt-get for rpms in RH 8.0? Whenever I issue the following command, I get a strange error: apt-get install foo warning: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages What does this mean? All of these directories do exist. Also, I am trying to get either Cygwin or Ti

Re: RPM questions

2003-01-06 Thread Gerry Doris
- > From: "Thomas E. Dukes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 06:05 > Subject: RPM questions > > >> Hello, >> >> If I do rpm -qlp [filename], is there a way to keep the output from >> scroll

Re: RPM questions

2003-01-06 Thread David Busby
ot; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 06:05 Subject: RPM questions > Hello, > > If I do rpm -qlp [filename], is there a way to keep the output from > scrolling off the screen? Also, how do you keep ls from doing the same? > &g

Re: RPM questions

2003-01-05 Thread Thomas E. Dukes
Thanks!! Thant worked. I was using the whole file name. On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 09:15, Riemer Palstra wrote: > On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, Thomas E. Dukes wrote: > > > If I do rpm -qlp [filename], is there a way to keep the output from > > scrolling off the screen? Also, how do you keep ls from doing the

Re: RPM questions

2003-01-05 Thread Riemer Palstra
On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, Thomas E. Dukes wrote: > If I do rpm -qlp [filename], is there a way to keep the output from > scrolling off the screen? Also, how do you keep ls from doing the same? Try piping output through less or more ( e.g. $ ls -la | more ) > Another thing, when I have tried to remove

RPM questions

2003-01-05 Thread Thomas E. Dukes
Hello, If I do rpm -qlp [filename], is there a way to keep the output from scrolling off the screen? Also, how do you keep ls from doing the same? Another thing, when I have tried to remove a package using rpm -e, I get package not installed when I know its installed. Do I have a problem with t