Linux RPM Mayhem

stephenblack · General User Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 5

I am having trouble because when I try to install the Open Office RPM's I find that everyting relies on openoffice.org-core-01*.rpm being installed

so then I try to install this file but it won't install because openoffice.org-core-09*.rpm needs to be installed

so then I try to install openoffice.org-core-09*.rpm and it wont install becase it requieres openoffice.org-core-01*.rpm to be installed

And so I get stuck in an infinite loop trying to install one then the other

So is it actually possible to install the software?

acknak · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:23 pm Post subject:

You have to pass the names of all the rpm files together--rpm will analyze them as a set and find that all the dependencies are mutually resolved.

Here's the command I use:

Mark B · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:01 pm Post subject:

I used:

RGB · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:43 am Post subject:

-U (update) do the same that -i (install) when the package is not installed: having both, U and i in the same command is redundant. I always use:
rpm -Uvh *.rpm