rpm error

joshua neff joshua_neff at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 14 02:07:20 UTC 2004


--- Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org> wrote:

> Am So, den 14.11.2004 schrieb joshua neff um 1:57:
> 
> > I'm trying to install programs using rpm. I log in
> as
> > root and type "rpm -i" and then the package name.
> > Everytime I do, I get an error message: "cannot
> create
> > %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES"
> > 
> > What am I doing wrong?
> 
> 1. it is no binary RPM but a SRC.RPM. Do you want to
> use a source?
> 
> 2. If you really want the SRC.RPM you first need to
> install rpm-build
> RPM to have the rpmbuild environment created.
> 
> 3. If you don't want to compile from a SRC.RPM then
> get the binary RPM
> and install it. Use "-Uvh" instead of "-i" to not
> risk a parallel
> install.
> 
> Alexander

Gotcha. Thanks.

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--joshua m. neff

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