Patrick Erler wrote:
> hallo Daryl!
>
> on Saturday, June 24, 2000, 4:18:00 AM, you wrote:
>
> DP> Patrick Erler wrote:
>
> >> hallo Expert!
> >>
> >> maybe i'm stupid, but i can't find a way to add packages after the
> >> installation of mandrake 7.1, i miss the rpm installer too... and i
> >> haven't the harddrake.. i did a simple costum install with all
> >> packages beside sound and multimedia and stuff which went (nearly)
> >> seamless...
> >>
> >> PAT
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> >>
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>
> DP> surely rpm is installed. it's certainly in the distribution. use rpm to
> DP> install rpmdrake. then use rpmdrake to install whatever else you need.
> but there is no such thing like rpmdrake (at least not, when i search
> for it with webmin..)
>
> the strange thing is, that i have drakeconf, but it has only the
> modules
>
> xconfig
> xresolution
> user addition
> drakboot
> security level
> startup services
> keybord choice
> linuxconf
> mousedrake
> network config
> printerconfig
>
> no update, no harddrake no nothing...
>
> PAT
>
> PAT
> --
>
> vcard/LDAP/PGP: http://dresden-online.com/~perler/identity.html
> PGP fingerprint: DAC6 2FDA 1ED7 AD55 BD1F 5142 3D5F 72BF
find your distribution. go to the Mandrake/RPMS subdirectory. enter this
command:
rpm -Uvh rpmdrake*
they may be unsatisfied dependencies. make a list of them. then enter
rpm -Uvh rpmdrake* <missing1>* <missing2>* ...
you can either list them all together in one command, or enter
rpm -Uvh --nodeps rpmdrake*
rpm -Uvh --nodeps <missing1>*
...
and so on. --nodeps ignores the dependencies. if something still refuses to
install use:
rpm -Uvh --nodeps --force rpmdrake*
rpm -Uvh --nodeps --force <missing1>*
...
what's happened is that all the rpm's that were required by DrakConf were not
installed. this has happened to me as well before.
once you have rpmdrake installed, it will check dependencies for you
automatically and will install everything it needs at once without your having
to screw around.
good luck!
