RPM Obstacles
Michael S. Dunsavage
mikesd at frontiernet.net
Fri Mar 12 18:47:09 UTC 2004
Which version of RH are you using?
On Friday 12 March 2004 18:37, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> I'm trying to install a new package I found on the Internet. When I try
> to install it from Nautilus it runs through the "Calculating package
> dependencies" (or whatever that screen says), but when it gets to the
> part where it should list failed dependencies or offer the Continue
> button, it just shuts down. When I try from the shell prompt with
> rpm -Fvh <packagefilename>.rpm and hit <ENTER> it doesn't give any kind
> of output whatsoever but returns me to the shell prompt. I see this
> behavior with almost every rpm I try to install that doesn't come from
> Red Hat. Security isn't that important to me on the machine I'm trying
> to install these on. How can I get them to install???
>
> -Michael Sullivan-
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