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[chen li]

Hi Edward,

I am new to Linux. How do you rebuild the  rpm
database and clear thde cache?

Thanks,

Li

> 1> U is for Updating a package.
> 2> i is for installing a package.
> 3> v is for verbose output (more messages to the
> console).
> 4> h is for the hash marking (progress bar).
> 
> So for updating a package I use:
> 
> rpm -Uvh *.rpm
> 
> for installing a package from scratch (like what you
> should do with 
> kernels) I use:
> 
> rpm -ivh *.rpm
> 
> I would expect an error in rpm if you use both i and
> U in the same 
> command as you've done above. A segfault is a bit
> much and I assume the 
> programmers haven't debugged that parameter
> combination.
> 
> As to why it takes so long, I would rebuild the rpm
> database and clear 
> the cache files - this smells like an old problem I
> used to have.
> 
> Regards,
> Ed.


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