CBB> Greetings, CBB> I've had a spot of trouble installing a recent proftpd source package. I CBB> currently have a binary package installed (though I don't see why I couldn't CBB> upgrade to a newer source one). Attempts listed below:
CBB> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CBB> [root@xxxxx /root]# rpm --upgrade -vh proftpd-1.2.4-1mdk.src.rpm CBB> proftpd CBB> ################################################## CBB> [root@xxxxx /root]# rpm -qa | grep proftpd CBB> proftpd-1.2.2-2mdk CBB> [root@xxxxx /root]# rpm -ivvh proftpd-1.2.4-1mdk.src.rpm CBB> -Brian Guess it would be better to ask it in the newbie list, or may be in the expert. As you read the file name you see a "src" right before the rpm. That means it is not an rpm file , but it is a source rpm file, so that you should compile it. If you have bandwith, find one that is not src. or. run rpm to compile it for you rpm --rebuild proftpd-1.2.4-1mdk.src.rpm You will find the compiled package in /usr/src/RPM if I remember it right. If not, it writes at the end , where it puts the ready rpm file. Onur Kucuk _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
