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How to install flash in fedora for firefox with rpm [closed]
when I installed it to this step in the official readme guide:
Installing the plugin using RPM: o As root, enter in terminal:
+ # rpm -Uvh <rpm_package_file>
+ Click Enter key and follow ...
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Installing a package locally to a user - best practices?
I want to install Git locally to a user on a RHEL server (I don't have root access)
What would be your cleanest/ most organized way of installing software to a local user account?
Installing ...
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How to list RPM packages installed in order of installation date
I'd like to see a list of software installed in the order of the date they were installed. The order doesn't matter (newest to oldest & vice-versa) as long as they're arranged by date.
I'm mainly ...
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Obtaining/Packaging RPM dependencies for Fedora/RHEL linux application — no network access
I currently have an RPM file with 2-3 dependencies specified in the 'Requires' section. When this application is installed using yum, it works fine and the dependencies are installed if they are ...
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Installing RPMS on Centos
Is generally installing standalone rpms considered 'dangerous'? Are these affected by any system upgrades, package upgrades etc.? How about dependencies and libraries?
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64bit rpm can not resolve 32bit dependencies
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I'm having a RPM that contains mixed 64bit and 32bit binaries. One of the binaries depends on 32bit i686 packages. When I try to install the package yum gives me an error, noting that the ...
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Removing information such as soft links from an RPM package on Linux
I provide an RPM package that contains both 32-bit and 64-bit applications, and can be installed in either mode, i.e. on both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms.
As the package contains both applications, ...
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RPM skipping files on install
I am installing an rpm package and it appears to be skipping certain files without giving me any notice as to what the issue is.
When I execute
rpm -ivh package_name.rpm
the rpm provides me with ...
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Installing rpm & dependencies
I am trying to install an rpm, namely the Oracle 10g database for CentOS 6 for testing an app.
The problem is that the machine the OS is installed on does not have access to the internet and there ...
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Why am I gettting errors about unpackaged files while trying to build an rpm?
Trying to package up wget-1.13.tar.gz into a rpm (I am re-learning this process) and I'm running into these errors when I do a dry run.
error: Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found:
/etc/wgetrc
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rpm and deb fileformat are blocked by my ISP. How to install software?
I have a very peculiar problem, Just be patient with what I am saying and then see what all suggestion you can give me.
I have situation where my ISP has blocked .rpm and .deb files to be downloaded. ...
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setting up yum in stripped down linux
I have a box that contains minimal binaries needed to run Scientific Linux. What I want to do is to install additional programs. I could get rpm installed and tried to install yum but resolving those ...
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How to change metadata on an installed rpm
I need to modify information for an rpm which is already installed.
E.g.
rpm -qi sip-section-call-1.0.19-1.noarch
Name : sip-section-call Relocations: (not relocatable)
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how can I delete/remove a glibc version so the older version is used again?
I upgraded glibc for a reason that isn't arround anymore so i want to downgrade it again. The stupid thing is a lot of programms rely on glibc at the moment. I still have the 2.4 version on the system ...
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RPM dependencies with localinstall
I need to install an rpm package on a system which has no internet access. So, let's say I already have needed dependencies. How do I install them only by running the main rpm package? Do they need to ...
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rpm content compress
My default kernel rpm has 12mb size, for some reasons I compile a custom kernel and make rpm from that(make rpm command). However, my custom kernel rpm size is 96mb.
I look inside default rpm, in ...
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How can I specify OS-conditional build requirements in an RPM spec file?
I am trying to work my way around with the BuildPrereq flag in the spec files.
I want a few pre-requisites to be included if the OS is of a particular version. something like
if os == fedora 4
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RPM Build error : D: May free Score board((nil))
I have a problem building , it fails with the error:
D: May free Score board((nil))
What does this mean ? I do not see any other errors appearing in the build before this so i am fairly stumped by ...
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SPEC %files attribute and Shell variables
I have a spec file which unpacks a library which is deployed at location which is exported in the shell.
ie
%file
${AXIS2_C}/bin/services/services.xml
This fails with :
error: File not found: ...
