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