Try installing vmware from source. Then do an upgrade with your RPM. On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 14:27 -0500, Christopher L Merrill wrote: > I started installing a large RPM package (VMware) and then decided I > wanted to get the whole box updated before doing that (it was a new > install). So I reflexively hit ctrl-c. It took it a while to respond, > during which time I thought "hmmmm...maybe I should have just waited > for it to finish". > > I can now neither install over the existing installation, which appears > to be incomplete. Nor can I erase the package. The damage appears to be > limited to this package, since my yum update was successful. I've tried > numerous options, including forcing an upgrade, but everything seems to > result in the same message: > > > Unable to find the answer INITSCRIPTSDIR in the installer database > > (/etc/vmware/locations). You may want to re-install VMware > > Server.\n\nExecution > > aborted. > > > > > > error: %pre(VMware-server-1.0.1-29996.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 > > error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping > > VMware-server-1.0.1-29996 > > Any ideas? > > > TIA, > C > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - > Chris Merrill | Web Performance, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://webperformance.com > 919-433-1762 | 919-845-7601 > > Website Load Testing and Stress Testing Software & Services > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ---------------------------
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