Vincent van't Hoog wrote:
> I got a message saying that it cannot be done since the file is NOT
> installed.
> When I do a rpm -i filename.rpm again, I got a message saying that the
> package is already installed.
> The files are on my system, so they are installed.
I find that if I use "rpm -qp <rpm filename>" it gives me the package
name whether it is installed or not. Then I use that package name in
subsequent commands like "rpm -qs <package name>" that gives the
status of the files in the package.
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Steve Crane
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