You should be able to boot in rescue mode and then in the files on the second rescue disk you should have a copy of rpm that you can run. And next time an rpm complains about dependencies, update the dependencies list and THEN install the package you want. Tom Berkley Laurent Duperval wrote: > > Hi, > > I needed to install an RPM and got an error saying I couldn't install > version 4 RPMs with my RPM. So I went to download the latest RPM 4 I could > find on rpmfind.net. When I tried to install it,k I got a lot of > dependencies problems. So, I decided to compile and install it instead. So I > got the source and started compiling. ANd in my infinite wisdom, while I was > compiling I decided to remove the RPM 3 version on my system. > > Well, Murphy made a stop around my laptop and I was unable to compile the > RPM 4 stuff (something about missing library definitions; looks like the > libdb on my machine doesn't work with RPM 4). So now, I have a system with > no RPM installed. I need to bootstrap an installation. But of course, in > order to install an RPM, I need RPM installed already. So since I couldn't > compile RPM 4 to get around this problem, how do I bootstrap an installation > of RPNM 4? Anyone have an idea? > > Thanks, > > L > > -- > MY EMAIL ADDRESS HAS CHANGED --> UPDATE YOUR ADDRESSBOOK > > Laurent Duperval "Montreal winters are an intelligence test, > Netergy Networks - Java Center and we who are here have failed it." > Phone: (514) 282-8484 ext. 228 -Doug Camilli > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Penguin Power! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
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