On 7 Jan 1999, Frederic Herman writes:
> rpm -U linuxconf-1_13r10-1_i386.rpm
> and got the error:
> unpacking of archive failed on file
> /usr/lib/linuxconf/help.sk/linuxconf-msg-1.13r10.sk: 1: No such file or directory
Do you have enough disk space to allow things to unpack OK? Where did
you get the 1.13r10-1 RPM from, and how was it transferred? The name
looks bogus, like you ran it through an MS Windows version of Netscape
or something? Try obtaining it using a Linux FTP client instead,
and/or check the RPM file integrity with
rpm --nopgp --checksig linuxconf-1.13r10-1.i386.rpm
(well, use the mangled filename with underscores in it, if that is
really what it is called on your system!). I suspect it may have been
corrupted in transit.
> Now linuxconf gives the following error when I try to start it:
>
> Incompatible module /usr/lib/linuxconf/modules/treemenu.so.1.12.5
That makes sense. You've installed the 1.13r10 linuxconf binary but
not the related modules, so there is now a version mismatch. You
can't use 1.12r5 modules with 1.13r10.
Check disk space, and check the integrity of that file and/or download
it again using a Linux FTP client, not a broken Windows www browser.
Then try
rpm -Uvh linuxconf-1.13r10-1.i386.rpm
again. Or maybe use
rpm --force -Uvh linuxconf-1.13r10-1.i386.rpm
if rpm complains that 1.13r10 is already installed.
> I'm hoping to not have to uninstall and install because the original
> install hosed (replaced) a bunch of the config files, and I just got
> things working.
Old config files that are replaced during an install should probably
be saved in .rpmsave files... which ones were replaced and the old
file was just thrown away? That might be an RPM packaging bug??
Jonathan
--
Jonathan Marsden | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Making electronic
1849 N. Wabash Ave.| Phone: +1 (909) 794 1151 | communications work
Redlands, CA 92374 | FAX: +1 (909) 794 3016 | reliably for Christian
USA | http://www.xc.org/jonathan | missions worldwide
---
You are currently subscribed to linuxconf as: [[email protected]]
To unsubscribe, forward this message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
