Re: FW: RPM [user] TRUBBLE

[Kara Pritchard <kara@lanscape.net>]

rpm -Uvh whatevertherpm --force

- Kara

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Kara Pritchard                        	Phone: 217-698-1694
Red Hat Certified Engineer
Linux Users of Central Illinois		kara@luci.org
LUG Project Manager - Linux.com		kara@linux.com
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On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Robert Threet wrote:

> 
> Ouch!  Neither works.  The -Uvh says "already installed" and -e 
> reports "not installed".  FUBAR'd?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kara Pritchard
> To: 'silug-discuss@silug.org'
> Sent: 29.07.99 8:57
> Subject: Re: RPM [user] TRUBBLE
> 
> 
> Did you try rpm -e applix?
> 
> If that won't work (b/c files are missing) rpm -Uvh the applix stuff, to
> reinstall everything, then rpm -e them.
> 
> - Kara
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Kara Pritchard                        	Phone: 217-698-1694
> Red Hat Certified Engineer
> Linux Users of Central Illinois		kara@luci.org
> LUG Project Manager - Linux.com		kara@linux.com
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> 
> On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Robert Threet wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I just loaded up RH 6.0 so I in rebuilding my whole system.  
> > When I saw that RH had a copy of Applixware, I loaded it.
> > It didn't work [couldn't update some lib or something] maybe
> > do to the alpha X server I'm using for my Voodoo 3 card(?)
> > 
> > Anyway, I figured I'd just install my old copy which worked 
> > under Caldera.  I installed it but it wouldn't run.  Then I 
> > thought - oops, I should've removed the old Applixware before
> > installing this one.  So I ran 'rm * -rf' on the applix dir
> > and tried to rpm again.  I know!  I know!  I made a lot of
> > mistakes here.  As you might already know... it won't let me 
> > re-install "axbase is already installed" or un-install "axbase
> > package not installed."  
> > 
> > Q: Is there a way out of this mess without re-installing?
> > 
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