Short answer.
You need rpm version 3.0.5 or greater. (but not version 4)
The latest versions of rpm 3.0.5 onwards can install version 4 rpms
using a version 3 rpm database.
rpm 4 has a different database format.
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Fernando Lemos de Mello wrote:
> ... I need the latest version of rpm to do an installation, so I
> downloaded the .rpm for rpm... but guess what? you need the latest version
> of rpm to install the .rpm for rpm as follows:
>
> # rpm -i rpm-4.0-4.i386.rpm
> only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of RPM
> error: rpm-4.0-4.i386.rpm cannot be installed
>
> I get this same error when I try to install a file for my modem.
> So I can't make my "winmodem" to get to work.
>
> How should I proceed to upgrade RPM and finally install the file?
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