rpm problem

[Jim Cornette]

Paul wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> For some reason best known only to my computer, rpm seems to have died
> the death.
> 
> When I try to install something all I get it that libelf is missing.
> I've downloaded the rpms from the fedora ftp site, but can't seem to
> open them with archive manager.
> 
> How can I extract the wholesome goodness from the rpms to repair this
> problem (I'm just going to pop the libs into whereever they should be
> and run ldconfig)?
> 
> TTFN
> 
> Paul
> 

mc (Midnight Commander) is capable to dive into rpms. Once you locate 
the library, you cn copy it to where you want to  using mc.

One way anyway,
Jim

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