i try rebuilding my rpm database by using the follow command with no avail:
rpmdb --rebuilddb
am i running the incorrect command to update the urpmi database (most likely) or is something else the matter???????
if urpmi is crapping out because the packages have changed in the update folder then isn't urpmi smart enough to update its database itself ??????? or at least be smart enough to ask you if you want update the urpmi database??????
> > thanks a lot!!!!!!! > > Brian Ray Plummer > Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi Brian, welcome to NC. :-) (Sorry about the football game this past weekend. ;-)
urpmi from the command line needs to have it's package list updated manually. If you run MandrakeUpdate, the graphical client, it will update the update media package list automatically. To update urpmi's package list, I generally use this command:
urpmi.update -a
That will update all package lists. If you only want to update your update media package lists, substitute the name of the media you want to update instead of "-a".
Note, btw, that the urpmi database is completely separate from the rpm database, which as Sinner said, is the database of installed packages. The urpmi database is everything that urpmi can install (but isn't necessarily installed yet). So, none of the plain rpm commands do anything with the urpmi database.
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