openoffice

[Robin Laing]

Edward Dekkers wrote:
> chen li wrote:
> 
>> Hi Charles,
>>
>> Thanks. Nothing  shows up after I followed the command
>> you suggested.
>>
>> If I install it this way: rpm -Uvih *.rpm
>> I got this message: Segmentation fault
>>
>> If I install it this way: rpm -vih *.rpm
>>
>> I got the following on the screen and got stuck at 4%
>> forever.
>>
>>  Preparing...               
>> ########################################### [100%]
>>    1:openoffice.org-core08 ########################################### 
>> [  4%]
>>
>> Li
>>
>>
>>
> 
> I would not expect it to segfault that way, but you are contradicting 
> the arguments.
> 
> 1> U is for Updating a package.
> 2> i is for installing a package.
> 3> v is for verbose output (more messages to the console).
> 4> h is for the hash marking (progress bar).
> 
> So for updating a package I use:
> 
> rpm -Uvh *.rpm
> 
> for installing a package from scratch (like what you should do with 
> kernels) I use:
> 
> rpm -ivh *.rpm
> 
> I would expect an error in rpm if you use both i and U in the same 
> command as you've done above. A segfault is a bit much and I assume the 
> programmers haven't debugged that parameter combination.
> 
> As to why it takes so long, I would rebuild the rpm database and clear 
> the cache files - this smells like an old problem I used to have.
> 
> Regards,
> Ed.
> 

The usage of -i and -U at the same time should not be allowed in my 
books.  Time for a bug (enhancement) report on this.

The usage of -U will install a package that hasn't been installed yet 
so -i isn't required.

  rpm {-U|--upgrade} [install-options] PACKAGE_FILE ...

        This upgrades or installs the package currently installed to
        a newer version.   This  is the same as install, except all
        other version(s) of the package are removed after the new
        package is installed.