* Andreas Hanke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [08-21-06 15:16]: > Now download rpm.x86_64 > > http://download.uni-hd.de/ftp/pub/linux/suse/update/10.1/rpm/x86_64/rpm-4.4.2-43.4.x86_64.rpm > > and extract it somewhere (preferably an otherwise empty directory): > > rpm2cpio.pl rpm-4.4.2-43.4.x86_64.rpm | cpio -id > > Now copy the extracted files manually to their location. > > Important: rpm will probably work again, but copying the files manually > will not register rpm itself in the rpm database. So you should > rpm-install rpm on top of the manually extracted files: > > rpm -Uvh rpm-4.4.2-43.4.x86_64.rpm > > And a general hint: Use "rpm -U", not "rpm -i" when installing packages. > This might help avoiding double installed packages (-U replaces an > existing package which is the right thing in most situations, -i will > install a new package in addition to the existing one). > > If that fails, try 2. Boot into the rescue system, mount your / file > system and use > > rpm -Uvh --root=/mountpoint rpm-4.4.2-43.4.x86_64.rpm > > to reinstall rpm on the rpm-less system. >
tks, I'm working on it now... -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
