On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 19:10, T. Ribbrock wrote: " On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 11:20:30AM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: " > >Where on earth did you get that sane-1.0.3 RPM from? It was not amon= g " > >the ones you listed as downloaded in your original mail! So, why are " > >you installing it? As I mentioned in my earlier mails, "sane-1.0.3" = is " > >an *older* version of sane - but you've already successfully install= ed " > >1.0.10/1.0.11 - you've said so yourself above. Forget that package! " > " > Sorry, I have no idea where did "sane-1.0.3" come from. "rpm -qa | g= rep " > sane" could not find it. " " Of course not - it's *not* installed, so rpm cannot find it! " But when you tried to upgrade/install the newer RPMs, you used " "rpm -Uhv *.rpm", which would try to use *all* RPMs present in the curr= ect " directory. So, for whatever reasons, there is a sane-1.0.3-.SOMETHING.r= pm " in the same directory you stored the newer RPMs in.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Hi Stephen This point above is sooooo important. I am still trying to rid my system = of a=20 rpm I had left behind. Still, Linux is a welcome change I am enjoying. --=20 Regards Frank [email protected] 025853824 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX " Hint: If using a wildcard when installing/upgrading RPMs (like so: '*.rpm'), " you need to make *absolutely sure* that the directory you're= in contains " *only* the RPMs you really want to install/upgrade, otherwise= , chaos will " ensue... " " " [...] " > I have following packages for RH8.0 downloaded but encountering probl= em " > to install them " " BZZZZZZT! No need to read further for me. Stephen, please think about " this: You *yourself* told us that you have a RHL 7.3 system. WHY are " you downloading RHL 8.0 packages to install on that system? " " Cheerio, " " Thomas
