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freshy98
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 Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 6:49 pm Post subject: rpm does nothing? |
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Hi all,
I installed app-arch/rpm so I can install the ATI video drivers which are in RPM format.
When I use the code
| Code: | | rpm -i --nodeps --noforce fglrx-glc22-4[1].2.0-2.5.1.i586.rpm |
it does completly nothing. It just gives me bank my prompt.
Can someone explain what can cause this?
Thanks in advance!
PS: I don't know why there is a [1] in the filename, but that's the way I downloaded it from the ATI site.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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Are you sure it didn't install? Dropping back to the prompt with no output is the usual behaviour unless you specify certain switches. Have you tried: | Code: | | rpm -ivv --nodeps --noforce fglrx-glc22-4[1].2.0-2.5.1.i586.rpm |
That will make things very verbose and should help you troubleshoot.
It's a long time since I used RPM but here are a few guesses as to what else may be the problem:
- Maybe RPM suports wildcards/regular expressions? In which case you might have to specify \[ and \] instead of [ ]. Or enclose the whole thing in quotes. Or maybe RPM package filenames have to follow a certain convention (like Gentoo's). Or that might be utter nonsense
 Have a look at man rpm. - Maybe you have to manually create the database file which contains information about installed RPM packages, so that RPM can operate on it. Again, just a theory ...
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freshy98
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| Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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| kerframil wrote: | Are you sure it didn't install? Dropping back to the prompt with no output is the usual behaviour unless you specify certain switches. Have you tried: | Code: | | rpm -ivv --nodeps --noforce fglrx-glc22-4[1].2.0-2.5.1.i586.rpm |
That will make things very verbose and should help you troubleshoot.
It's a long time since I used RPM but here are a few guesses as to what else may be the problem:
- Maybe RPM suports wildcards/regular expressions? In which case you might have to specify \[ and \] instead of [ ]. Or enclose the whole thing in quotes. Or maybe RPM package filenames have to follow a certain convention (like Gentoo's). Or that might be utter nonsense Have a look at man rpm.
- Maybe you have to manually create the database file which contains information about installed RPM packages, so that RPM can operate on it. Again, just a theory ...
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I never really used RPM in a console before but I thought it should at least give me "some" info on "something" like it installed succesfully or not. it just returns me to the prompt.
I will try to rename the file without the [1] and see what happens then.
Thanks for the -ivv, will try it and see what comes out.
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Mnemia
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| Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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No idea about the [1] thing, but what you describe is pretty much what RPMs do when you install them at the console...
The lack of any message means it worked, I think. |
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freshy98
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| Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Mnemia wrote: | No idea about the [1] thing, but what you describe is pretty much what RPMs do when you install them at the console...
The lack of any message means it worked, I think. |
hmm..but the file is over 5MB big en there is NO HDD activity
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Mnemia
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| Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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| sorry, I guess I misunderstood you. I'm assuming you can't find the files it installed either. Don't remember much about RPM (that's something I'm thankful to have forgotten) but I hear that other people installed those drivers by using one of the programs that converts RPMs to a tarball. |
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freshy98
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| Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2002 10:12 am Post subject: |
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okay, and do you happen to know the name of that program?
if I could use KDE or Gnome rightnow I could use a GUI version of RPM, but for now I only have command line... and my linux knowledge isn't that great........
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| Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2002 7:16 am Post subject: |
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try:
emerge rpm2targz
Not sure how to use it, though.. Never really had the occasion.
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Mandr4ke
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| Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2002 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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| canthus13 wrote: | try:
emerge rpm2targz
Not sure how to use it, though.. Never really had the occasion.
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I would also do a search one the gentoo forums for RPM and Install, Gentoo doesn't come with rpm i though. but there is another packet manager that will uncompress and do rpm, i just can't remember the darn name of it now... but search the forums. you'll file it. |
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freshy98
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| Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2002 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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I got it!
I'm not exaclty sure what the problem was but I think it had something to do with acces rights.
I copied the file to the same name but without the [1] in it.
after that I used the same command line and it worked!
I now have graphics on my Radeon 9700 Pro
now I have to find out how to get my mouse working again, but I know that is discussed somewhere here in the forums.
also, there are some options from ATI I have to figure out yet.
anyways, thanks a lot all!
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