"J . A . Magallon" wrote:
>
> On 02.03 Altoine B. wrote:
> > "J . A . Magallon" wrote:
> > >
> > > On 02.02 Lou Baccari wrote:
> > > > vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
> > > > only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of
> > > > RPM
> > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > > error: xfig-3.2.3c-3.i386.rpm cannot be installed
> > >
> > > rpm package is version 4.
> > > rpm-3.0.4 can not deal with v4 packages, 3.0.5 can.
> > >
> >
> > Correction, the package that he is trying to install is rpm3 or less
> > while his package manager is rpm 4. That particular package would only
> > unpackage with a package manager of rpm 3.0.5 or less. I recommend
> > getting the source for that package and compiling it that way.
> >
>
> That is how you understand this ??:
> > only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of RPM
> ^^^
> so this rpm is only for <= v3 packages, and package is v4.
>
> AH, i got you, when I said 'rpm package', I did not meant rpm.rpm, but
> xfig.rpm (as opposite to, for example, deb package or tgz package...).
>
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Correct, but to avoid confusion, always when referring to the program
that unpacks packages as "package managers" and the packages that are
unpacked as "packages".
You do know how to compile source code, right? That will get past your
delimma and install the package in question.
Install xfig-3.2.3c-3.src.rpm instead.
rpm --rebuild xfig-3.2.3c-3.src.rpm
goto where it put your compiled packages
ie /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586 or /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/[what ever your arch]
rpm -ivh xfig-3.2.3c-3.[arch].rpm
goto
ftp.rpmfine.net/linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/xfig-3.2.3c-3mdk.i586.rpm
and try that binary or do what I had explained to you and go to this
link and download the source:
ftp://linux.inrialpes.fr/linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/SRPMS/xfig-3.2.3c-3mdk.src.rpm
Cheers,
-- Al
