get 'segmentation error' when installing Webmin RPM in Redhat 9.0

[John Kennedy]

I have an old Redhat 9.0 box that I haven't gotten around to upgrading to
fedora that gives me 'a segmentation' error message when I do
rpm -U webmin-1.160-1.noarch.rpm

I have tried rpm -i webmin-1.160-1.noarch.rpm as well and this locks up.

Could someone please tell me what I'm dealing with here?

Thanks.

Johnny

[Edward Dekkers]

John Kennedy wrote:
> I have an old Redhat 9.0 box that I haven't gotten around to upgrading to
> fedora that gives me 'a segmentation' error message when I do
> rpm -U webmin-1.160-1.noarch.rpm
>
> I have tried rpm -i webmin-1.160-1.noarch.rpm as well and this locks up.
>
> Could someone please tell me what I'm dealing with here?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Johnny

Try:

rpm -Uvh webmin-1.160-1.noarch.rpm

If it doesn't work, you may have been bitten by the RPM lock file bug 
that plagued RH9 (yes, it is Redhat 9, not 9.0).

I can't remember off-hand how to fix it, it was something like kill all 
RPM instances, remove some files that ended in 'db' and do a rebuild on 
the RPM database.

A google search may bring up the steps required as this was very prevalent.

Regards,
Ed.

[John Kennedy]

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:28:04 +0800
Edward  wrote:
> John Kennedy wrote:
> > I have an old Redhat 9.0 box that I haven't gotten around to upgrading to
> > fedora that gives me 'a segmentation' error message when I do
> > rpm -U webmin-1.160-1.noarch.rpm
> >
> > I have tried rpm -i webmin-1.160-1.noarch.rpm as well and this locks up.
> >
> > Could someone please tell me what I'm dealing with here?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Johnny
>
> Try:
>
> rpm -Uvh webmin-1.160-1.noarch.rpm
>
> If it doesn't work, you may have been bitten by the RPM lock file bug 
> that plagued RH9 (yes, it is Redhat 9, not 9.0).
>
> I can't remember off-hand how to fix it, it was something like kill all 
> RPM instances, remove some files that ended in 'db' and do a rebuild on 
> the RPM database.
>
> A google search may bring up the steps required as this was very prevalent.
>
> Regards,
> Ed.
>
> --

Thank you

I'll research it and see what happens

Johnny
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[John Kennedy]

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:28:04 +0800
Edward  wrote:
> John Kennedy wrote:
> > I have an old Redhat 9.0 box that I haven't gotten around to upgrading to
> > fedora that gives me 'a segmentation' error message when I do
> > rpm -U webmin-1.160-1.noarch.rpm
> >
> > I have tried rpm -i webmin-1.160-1.noarch.rpm as well and this locks up.
> >
> > Could someone please tell me what I'm dealing with here?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Johnny
>
> Try:
>
> rpm -Uvh webmin-1.160-1.noarch.rpm
>
> If it doesn't work, you may have been bitten by the RPM lock file bug 
> that plagued RH9 (yes, it is Redhat 9, not 9.0).
>
> I can't remember off-hand how to fix it, it was something like kill all 
> RPM instances, remove some files that ended in 'db' and do a rebuild on 
> the RPM database.
>
> A google search may bring up the steps required as this was very prevalent.
>
> Regards,
> Ed.

Hi again Ed.  I had not yet tried 
 rpm -Uvh webmin-1.160-1.noarch.rpm before I emailed my reply.  Sorry.

Tried it and it worked.  Thanks.  What does the 'vh' add to the mix?

Johnny
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[Jeff Vian]

On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 23:57, John Kennedy wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:28:04 +0800
> Edward  wrote:
> > John Kennedy wrote:
> > > I have an old Redhat 9.0 box that I haven't gotten around to upgrading to
> > > fedora that gives me 'a segmentation' error message when I do
> > > rpm -U webmin-1.160-1.noarch.rpm
> > >
> > > I have tried rpm -i webmin-1.160-1.noarch.rpm as well and this locks up.
> > >
> > > Could someone please tell me what I'm dealing with here?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Johnny
> >
> > Try:
> >
> > rpm -Uvh webmin-1.160-1.noarch.rpm
> >
> > If it doesn't work, you may have been bitten by the RPM lock file bug 
> > that plagued RH9 (yes, it is Redhat 9, not 9.0).
> >
> > I can't remember off-hand how to fix it, it was something like kill all 
> > RPM instances, remove some files that ended in 'db' and do a rebuild on 
> > the RPM database.
> >
> > A google search may bring up the steps required as this was very prevalent.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ed.
>
> Hi again Ed.  I had not yet tried 
>  rpm -Uvh webmin-1.160-1.noarch.rpm before I emailed my reply.  Sorry.
>
> Tried it and it worked.  Thanks.  What does the 'vh' add to the mix?
>
> Johnny

"man rpm" will list the details of all the options.
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