On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:50:06 +0100 Peter Hillier-Brook <phb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Paul Dickson wrote: > > On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:50:13 +0100, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > > > >> Tim wrote: > >>> On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 20:14 +0100, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > >>>> rpm apparently won't accept wildcards for an install > >>> I don't ever recall having such a problem. > >>> > >> I believe you and my initial thoughts were that I was doing something > >> stupid, but I can't see what's wrong with: > >> > >> rpm -i openoffice.org-* > >> > >> from within the directory holding the packages and having 'su'd to root > >> first. > > > > Try: > > rpm -qa "openoffice.org-*" > > or: > > rpm -qa openoffice.org-\* > > > > If you don't quote the asterisk, bash will attempt to expand it. > > Querying works fine, it's the installation that bombs. I've had a > thought that the wildcarded filename should be terminated with ".rpm" > and next time I boot FC I'll check that. > > Thanks for all your help. > > Peter HB I have done the following and it has worked: $ rpm -Uvh *.rpm Must be in the same directory as the rpms :) Yes, you are right, it has to have the .rpm at the end. Hope that helps. Will
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