leroy on Sun, 10 Feb 2002 22:09:56 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] an rpm question for the apt-get crowd


sounds like the rpm db somehow got trashed.  try:

rpm --initdb
or
rpm --rebuilddb

stephen

-- i hate crackerbarrel

On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, eric@lucii.org wrote:

> I've got a problem with rpm in Mandrake 8.1.
> 
> I tried to use rpmdrake to install an IBM java package.  It failed.
> It didn't say _why_... it just did.
> 
> Now, _any_ install with rpm looks like this example:
> 
> $ rpm --install muttprint-0.50a-1.noarch.rpm
> Segmentation fault
> $
> 
> Does anybody know why?  How do I go about fixing this?  I'm not an rpm
> expert so I don't even know where to start.  I just know that with an 
> earlier install (I believe it was RH 7.0) when I wanted to update the
> rpm software I had a devil of a time.
> 
> Any suggesions greatefully accepted 
>    (no, "use apt" does not count :-)
> 
> Thanks
> Eric
> 


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