[TriLUG] who moved my fmt?

[Tanner Lovelace]

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Maria Winslow wrote:
|>If you're sure that the rpm it's in is already installed but the
|>file isn't there, then this is one of the very few times when
|>the --force option of rpm is useful.  Try using that and see if
|>that works.
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|
| Strangely, it's not accepting that syntax. I have RPM version 4.0.4. I
have
| also tried -F (--freshen) to no avail.
|
| Also, to the other suggestion involving installing an older package:
| [root at laptopLinux Current Installs]# rpm -e --nodeps --force --noscripts
| coreutils-4.5.7-1mdk.i586.rpm
| rpm: only installation, upgrading, rmsource and rmspec may be forced
|
| Hmm... Ideas?
|

I wasn't suggesting you uninstall the previous rpm.  Just upgrade
over the old one:

rpm -Uhv --force coreutils-4.5.7-1mdk.i586.rpm

That should reinstall it over itself and everything will, hopefully,
be happy.

Tanner
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