RPM Package Manager is a package management system intended primarily for Linux distributions.
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How can a version of a package conflict with itself?
I want to install fillup and get:
rpm -i fillup-1.42-268.1.x86_64.rpm
file /usr/bin/fillup conflicts between attempted installs of \
fillup-1.42-268.1.x86_64 and fillup-1.42-268.1.x86_64
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What is the corresponding freebsd command of these rpm commands?
I know about rpm, but I am newbie about freebsd packaging system. I learnt about how to create package and know I want learn how to get some information about packages or files. Can somebody give me ...
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Requires: perl(Compress::Raw::Zlib) = 2.052
Im trying to run a yum update but getting stopped by dependencies. I have installed rpmforge el6 which i need for other packages.
Error: Package: perl-IO-Compress-2.052-1.el6.rfx.noarch ...
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How do you add a package (or a mirror?) if the .rpm youre looking for isnt availabe in your VM build of CentOS?
I have yum and rpm, and I really only how to install packages using these commands. When I tried to yum install figlet on a new CentOS6 virtual machine it couldn't find it in the mirrors list. I tried ...
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How to convert binary installer into rpm?
There are times when all you have is binary installer. I hate them because once installed it is quite difficult to uninstall such software, and since my distro (openSUSE 11.4) is rpm-based it is hard ...
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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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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: ...
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yum install in user home for non-admins
I am a non-admin user on a large computer system. I need some up to date packages that are not installed on the system. I want to use yum to install them. As a user without sudo, admin, or root ...
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open of .rpm failed: Permission denied
Whenever I try to install some .rpm I've downloaded, I'm getting:
> sudo rpm -i something.rpm
error: open of something.rpm failed: Permission denied
It seems that the choice of rpm doesn't ...
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Running a program without the assistance of the system administrator
I have an rpm for a program called KDirStat that I would like to run on a machine where I am not the system administrator. My questions are:
Can I install this rpm package without the assistance of ...
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How to migrate from CentOS to RHEL?
What packages do I need to install to migrate my CentOS 5.7 server to identical version of RHEL. I have RHN subscription but I don't want to create a fresh install and move files.
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Fedora 16 dependency hell
There's a package libvpx-0.9.7 which is required by empathy application. Now I want to install another application which requires libvpx-1.0... Update is not allowed because some applications depend ...
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List all RPM packages installed from repo “X”
How can I get a list of all of the RPM packages that have been installed on my system from a particular repo (e.g., "epel")?
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Getting “cpio: Bad magic” when trying to rpm install into a mounted Logical Volume
I need some help with this. I am trying to follow the Xen guide to provision a domU using package installation of the Fedora 15 release (the dom0 is CentOS 5.6). Ive run the rpm install command with ...
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How does rpm resolve library dependencies?
I try to make a package of a program which is linked to such library (output from ldd):
libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0 =>
/usr/lib64/wx-2.8-wxcontainer/libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0
Pretty straightforward, ...
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Install from RPM, then files change. How can I see the differences?
This is a RedHat Enterprise 5.5 system. I ran a verification check against an RPM, and it looks like two files have changed:
# rpm --verify shadow-utils
S.5....T c /etc/default/useradd
S.5....T c ...
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CentOS 4.8 and glibc 2.5
How would I go about installing glibc 2.5 on CentOS 4.8?
I know CentOS 4.8 has been EOL'd, which is all good and well. However, the environment that I am working in is using this version, and will ...
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/proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs error
I am building a CentOS 6.2 webserver on a Hyper-V Cluster and have hit a major issue. The current setup is this:
Operating System: CentOS 6.2. Minimal Server Install
Installed software includes:
...
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Delta rpms and presto with yum
When you use delta rpm's with presto or without even, do they rely on you having the original rpm on hand, or do they download both the original and the difference between the original and then ...
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Generic RPM that can install on any os - error: RPM is for a different operating system
How can I make a rpm from a spec file that can be installed on any host? Currently I have a spec file but when installing the rpm on other hosts I get this:
package my_software-1.0-1dist is for a ...
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Can rpm handle an install of another OS into another Logical Volume?
I am trying to install fedora as a domU under a CentOS dom0 using the method outlined in The Book of Xen. I have asked another question regarding a consistent error message of cpio: Bad magic when I ...
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recommended procedure to create a user/group during RPM install
after trying hard to search for RPM best practices guides and finding virtually none, to my surprise, I resort to the community -
I need to ensure that some users and groups exist after the ...
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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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Missing dependency during rpm install
When I install CodeAnalsyt, i get a failed dependency on libbfd-2.20.51 on Centos 6.3.
Binutils is installed on my system and the failed dependency does exists at
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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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Install packages in $HOME/usr
I'm looking to script use of rpm --relocate. How to change the default location packages are installed to - from user/local to $HOME/usr?
Do I need to do it all manually (removing and reinstaling to ...
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Problems with YUM/Scientifix Linux 6.3 (inconsistent rpm database?..)
Recently I saw this:
[root@NOTEBOOK /etc/yum.repos.d] yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
epel/metalink ...
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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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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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Is rpm the only file extension for repositories
I've noticed that repositories in CentOS have the .rpm extension.
Are there other extensions?
Is .rpm specific to the operating system? i.e. do other linux operating systems have other extensions?
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Software distribution
I have a set of servers with Red Hat on board and an internal software (it is set of many files with configs and so on) that is in permanent development.
There are several types of servers:
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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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Problems with RPM (JRE)
I'm trying to install a JRE on Ubuntu 10.04, but I failed:
oneat@oneat-desktop:~/Downloads$ sudo rpm -i --force-debian jre-6u21-linux-i586.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
/bin/basename is needed ...
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How to automatically add new path to $PATH variable after RPM packet installation?
I want to automatically add a new path to the $PATH variable each time when my RPM package is installed.
I tried to use a post installation script in the my RPM.
Here is the part of RPM spec file ...
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How to install/remove/upgrade .rpm packages on Red Hat?
I am new to linux, and at the university we are using this distribution to mount servers on VM, but I need to install a package that is missing in my virtual machine that is running Red Hat, but how ...
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SSNiper SSN Scanner support
I work for a major university and we have a policy that requires annual scanning of all computers for social security numbers (SSNs). I started using a utility called SSNiper that was created at UIUC. ...
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How to link Requires to BuildRequires in rpm spec?
Let's say I have such Requires entries:
Requires: a
Requires: b
Requires: c
and now I would like to state, that:
BuildRequires: <<Requires>>
meaning, that for build I require ...
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Backup installed RPM
Last night I did rm -Rf /tmp as root. I wasn't drunk. But I definitely feel I was dumb to do so. Now X doesn't work. I read few days back that after doing rm, one can't recover the lost data. I ...
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Error on application install: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory
When I executed a command to install an application, the following error occurred
/lib/ld-linux.so.2: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory
I was not aware on how to fix this problem. I ...
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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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Why did yum-builddep not provide the dependencies to install my rpm?
I am trying to rum my rpm package but getting this dependencies error.
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -ivh /root/x86_64/asterisk-1.8.12.2-1.fc15.x86_64.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
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%post section of rpmbuild not interactive
Situation: I'm trying to build a custom rpm to place a config file in a particular location. The installation completes fine by placing config files in proper directories but the %post section is not ...
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CentOS yum repository bad Header V4 RSA/SHA1 signature
I was coping with many problems to get stuck with this one.
I have installed yum repository on server (CentOS 5.6) with:
createrepo -v -s sha yumrepo/
sha is used due to solution to my earlier ...
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“Linux kernel source code directory” requested in Cisco VPN client install
I'm trying to install Cisco's vpn client, and it requests that I provide the directory containing linux kernel source code. Specifically, it reads:
In order to build the VPN kernel module, you ...
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How to unpack, modify, rebuild and install a SRPM
I would like to modify a Fedora 15 package (gnome-shell-extensions-alternative-status-menu). It's a small modification (reverting this commit). Using yumdownloader I'm able to download a SRPM ...
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Files in RPM packages
There is something strange with RPM packages. The listed contents, enumerated by rpm -ql differ from the actually presented files. For instance, I downloaded a openldap-servers-2.4.26-8.fc16.i686.rpm ...
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Meaning of the yum error “Package tuple (…) could not be found in rpmdb”
I just want to install two packages in my Fedora 15 but I am getting some weird
error.
Command:
yum install @development-tools
Error:
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit ...
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CentOS5, RHEL5, Java dependent Packages, Alternate JVM/JDK
Specifically regarding Java dependent packages, such as ant. Is it possible to install them via rpm, when using an alternate JVM/JDK? For example, If I install the Oracle JDK, can I use an ant ...
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How to get RPM's that has been published after the install DVD?
So if I download a:
SL-63-x86_64-2012-08-02-Install-DVD.iso
and install it, and give out a "yum update" - then it will find many-many XY packages to update.
Q: are there any methods/solutions to ...
