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>From: CodeHeads <ch at codeheads.homelinux.com>
>Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>To: fedora-list at redhat.com
>Subject: Re: FC5 & OpenOffice.org
>Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:01:50 -0400
>
>On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 21:55:44 +0100 Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 16:21 -0400, CodeHeads wrote:
> > > On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:50:06 +0100 Peter Hillier-Brook 
><phb at hbsys.plus.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Paul Dickson wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:50:13 +0100, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> Tim wrote:
> > > > >>> On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 20:14 +0100, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
> > > > >>>> rpm apparently won't accept wildcards for an install
> > > > >>> I don't ever recall having such a problem.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >> I believe you and my initial thoughts were that I was doing 
>something
> > > > >> stupid, but I can't see what's wrong with:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> rpm -i openoffice.org-*
> > > > >>
> > > > >> from within the directory holding the packages and having 'su'd 
>to
> > > > >> root first.
> > > > >
> > > > > Try:
> > > > >    rpm -qa "openoffice.org-*"
> > > > > or:
> > > > >    rpm -qa openoffice.org-\*
> > > > >
> > > > > If you don't quote the asterisk, bash will attempt to expand it.
> > > >
> > > > Querying works fine, it's the installation that bombs. I've had a
> > > > thought that the wildcarded filename should be terminated with 
>".rpm"
> > > > and next time I boot FC I'll check that.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for all your help.
> > > >
> > > > Peter HB
> > >
> > >
> > > I have done the following and it has worked:
> > > $ rpm -Uvh *.rpm
> > >
> > > Must be in the same directory as the rpms :)
> > >
> > > Yes, you are right, it has to have the .rpm at the end.
> >
> > Only if there are any non-rpm files in the directory. Otherwise, a glob
> > of "*" should work just fine.
> >
> > Paul.
>
>Yes Paul you are right :)  I guess I am used to doing the *.rpm :)
>
>Will


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