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Shadow r00fler
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 Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 3:32 pm Post subject: RPM problems; *this* is a dependency? |
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OK... I was told that "/bin/sh" is a dependency needed by RPM when attempting to install the VMware GSX server 3.0 package. /bin/sh obviously exists on my system, so what gives?
| Code: | bash-2.05b$ rpm -ivh VMware*.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
/bin/sh is needed by VMware-gsx-3.0.0-7592
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Celtis
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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| IIRC RPM's keep a database of all the installed packages, because you didn't install it through an RPM it doesn't know you have it |
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Shadow r00fler
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Wait... so I'm supposed to install an rpm of the shell? Excuse thine n00bness, but this is not quite making sense. |
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Celtis
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| No, if you're sure you've covered all the dependencies just use "rpm -ivh --nodeps VMWare*.rpm" to install the server without checking for those dependencies. |
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Celtis
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry, just reread my original post and thought I'd better explain it better.
RPM based systems install all (or most) of their software through RPMs. When an RPM is installed a record of it is kept in a database. As you're using a source based distro (and installed /bin/sh from source) you won't have an RPM database. The best way round it is to use "rpm -qpR /path/to/RPM" to get a list of dependencies, install the dependencies as required, then use "rpm -Uvh --nodeps /path/to/RPM" to install it. |
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HydroSan
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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This can also be one of your first experiences of 'dependancy hell'. Like...
'Cannot install (package), libperl-5.8.3 is not installed.' or 'Cannot install samba-3.0.2a, samba-3.0.2a is not installed.'
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Shadow r00fler
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | bash-2.05b# rpm -e VMware*3.0*
error: package VMware-gsx-3.0.0-7592.i386.rpm is not installed
bash-2.05b# rpm -ivh VMware*3.0*.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package VMware-gsx-3.0.0-7592 is already installed
bash-2.05b# rpm -i --replacepkgs VMware*3.0*.rpm
error: %pre(VMware-gsx-3.0.0-7592) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping VMware-gsx-3.0.0-7592
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franzf
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| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Shadow r00fler wrote: | | Code: | bash-2.05b# rpm -e VMware*3.0*
error: package VMware-gsx-3.0.0-7592.i386.rpm is not installed
bash-2.05b# rpm -ivh VMware*3.0*.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package VMware-gsx-3.0.0-7592 is already installed
bash-2.05b# rpm -i --replacepkgs VMware*3.0*.rpm
error: %pre(VMware-gsx-3.0.0-7592) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping VMware-gsx-3.0.0-7592
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if you do so (you are in the directory where you saved the Vmware-rpm) rpm will uninstall the package VMware-gsx-3.0.0-7592.i386.rpm.
But in the rpm-database, the name of the package saved is VMware-gsx-3.0.0-7592 (!!without .i386.rpm!!). An "rpm -q vmware" will show you the exact name of the package.
You can uninstall it with "rpm -e VMware-gsx-3.0.0-7592".
For a fast uninstalling, you can do a "rpm -e $(rpm -q vmware)", but ATTENTION! this will not ask for permission. if you do the files are gone (even if other packages math the searchterm).
But so it's quite easy to uninstall e.g. openoffice-beta, which installs several (8-10) packages. With only one "rpm -e $(rpm -q openoffie)" you can uninstall the rpm with only 1 command!!
Hope i could help
Franz
And sorry for my english |
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