* Stardate: 2001-07-09 17:47
* Incoming subspace signal from "DStevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" :
> I am having a nightmare with the RPM system.
> For example...trying to install the RPM for Wine. I have downloaded the
> latest version from web. I click on the RPM and rpminst tells me that the
> packages are already installed. Emhh. I did not install them, so the Mandrake
> install must have. I locate wine, which finds a handful of *wine* files. So,
> I try to uninstall the wine from the mandrake software manager...sorry can't
> do that, RPM database does not have wine installed. I can install it, but
> then rpminst telles me that it is already installed.
> So...I cannot uninstall it, nor can I install it. Catch22. Does anyone have
> any ideas. I've tried using the command:
> rpm -i codeweavers-wine-20010305-1.rpm
> but this tells me I need to run a command to upgrade my database to db3,
> whatever that may be.
> Help please...thanks.
> Dave
Do you know about 'rpm -Uvh --nodeps --force codeweavers-wine-20010305-1.rpm' ?
Try it !
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