[rhn-users] Installing a package

[Lincoln Fessenden]

Christopher L. Barnard wrote:
> I think this is a trivial problem...
> 
> On a server that has gcc installed (also a fairly elderly RH3 server)
> 
> asitest:~$ rpm --query --file /usr/bin/cc
> gcc-3.2.3-59
> 
> But on this server where I need to install gcc,
> [root at webdev] /root # up2date --install gcc-3.2.3-59
> 
> Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: rhel-i386-as-3...
> 
> Fetching rpm headers...
> ########################################
> 
> Name                                    Version        Rel     
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> The following packages you requested were not found:
> gcc-3.2.3-59
> 
> I have also tried just 'up2date --install gcc' but with the same effect.
> I know gcc-3.2.3-59 exists, because it is installed on other boxes.  I
> am thinking that the -59 at the end is the revision number (a la Sun
> patches) but 'up2date --install gcc.3.2.3' did not work either.
> 
> BTW, I did register this box with the RHN...
> 
> How do I get gcc installed?
> 

Hrmm...
"up2date --showall | grep gcc"
Will show you which gcc packages are available in the repository. 
Chances are good that the version of gcc you are looking for doesn;'t 
exist there, however, there should be an updated one (slightly different 
revision number) available.  Hope that helps.

-- 
Lincoln Fessenden
Jeff-IT Linux Systems Administrator