Installing RealPlayer RPM trashed RPM database! How to fix?

Gordon Messmer yinyang at eburg.com
Sun Nov 9 18:33:58 UTC 2003


James J. Ramsey wrote:
>>
>>>LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19 rpm -Uvh \
>>>rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs2_rpm
>>
>>Why did you do the LD_ASSUME_KERNEL during the rpm
>>installation?
> 
> Because when the RealPlayer RPM is installed, it pops
> up a dialog for entering user information, connection
> speed, and then it pops up RealPlayer itself.

rpm -Uvh rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs2_rpm --noscripts

Hopefully Real's Helix initiative will resolve this situation soon...

I'm probably legally required to mention that I'm an employee of RN, and 
by extention, a stockholder.





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