Re: rpm problems

[Rolando Roman <landie concentric net>]

make sure you are root

On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Michael Grant wrote:
> I just downloaded a new version of helix-update, it's an rpm.  I'm
> running Solaris on an Ultra.
> 
> The helix-update failed to install the rpm because the rpm command
> doesn't exist.
> 
> I then searched around and found rpm 2.5.2 that someone kindly packaged
> up for Solaris/sparc.  But now it reports this:
> 
> # /opt/gnome/bin/helix-update
> /opt/gnome/share/pixmaps
> failed to open //opt/gnome/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
> 
> 
> ** WARNING **: Cannot open RPM database!
> 
> failed to open //opt/gnome/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
> 
> 
> ** WARNING **: Cannot open RPM database!
> 
> failed to open //opt/gnome/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
> 
> 
> ** WARNING **: Cannot open RPM database!
> 
> failed to open //opt/gnome/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
> 
> 
> ** WARNING **: Cannot open RPM database!
> 
> failed to open //opt/gnome/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
> 
> 
> ** WARNING **: Cannot open RPM database!
> 
> failed to open //opt/gnome/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
> 
> 
> ** WARNING **: Cannot open RPM database!
> 
> failed to open //opt/gnome/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
> 
> 
> ** WARNING **: Cannot open RPM database!
> 
> failed to open //opt/gnome/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
> 
> 
> ** WARNING **: Cannot open RPM database!
> 
> failed to open //opt/gnome/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
> 
> 
> ** WARNING **: Cannot open RPM database!
> 
> update event
> /tmp/helix-install/helix-update-0.6-0_helix_1.sparc64.rpm: size md5 OK
> 
> I tried running rpm by hand but it appears that version 2.5.2 that I
> downloaded for Solaris doesn't like the "macro" line in the rpmrc file
> and perhaps also the packages.rpm database is now in a different format.
> 
> I tried to compile a newer version of rpm for Solaris but it has
> problems dealing with the berkeley 1.85 libdb.  But I have to ask myself
> if I really need to do this.  If Helix gnome installed in the first
> place from rpms, then it should know how to deal with rpms but I
> couldn't find an rpm command anywhere.
> 
> Am I simply doing something stupid wrong?  Should I just go and download
> the whole shebang again?
> 
> -Mike
> 
> 
> 
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Rolando Roman