Strange RPM

[Maciek R.]

In that case everything is fine because the right package name is listed
with 'rpm -q'. Sorry for dumbassing ;-)

On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 15:38 +0200, Markku Kolkka wrote:
> Maciek R. kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika torstai, 23. 
> joulukuuta 2004 15:26):
> > I experienced s.th. strange with rpm. Just entered 'rpm -ivh
> > <package name>' in order to install new Broadcom drivers for
> > my ethernet card.> After that I wanted to remove them by 'rpm 
> > -e <package name>'. Wanted to install them again 'rpm -ivh
> > <package name>' and now it tells me 'package already
> > installed'.
> 
> "packge name" is not the same as "package file name". rpm -i 
> takes a filename as its argument, rpm -e and rpm -q need a 
> package name. Looks like you are confusing the filename with the 
> actual package name. 
> 
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Maciek R. <m.mail at vp.pl>