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Maria Winslow wrote: |>If you're sure that the rpm it's in is already installed but the |>file isn't there, then this is one of the very few times when |>the --force option of rpm is useful. Try using that and see if |>that works. | | | Strangely, it's not accepting that syntax. I have RPM version 4.0.4. I have | also tried -F (--freshen) to no avail. | | Also, to the other suggestion involving installing an older package: | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Current Installs]# rpm -e --nodeps --force --noscripts | coreutils-4.5.7-1mdk.i586.rpm | rpm: only installation, upgrading, rmsource and rmspec may be forced | | Hmm... Ideas? |
I wasn't suggesting you uninstall the previous rpm. Just upgrade over the old one:
rpm -Uhv --force coreutils-4.5.7-1mdk.i586.rpm
That should reinstall it over itself and everything will, hopefully, be happy.
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