Re: RPM is reading database incorrectly

[Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Polashek, Matthew wrote:

> Anyone know why this happens?
>
> [root@localhost RPMs]# rpm -e xmms-alsa-1.2.8-3.2.fr.i386.rpm
> error: package xmms-alsa-1.2.8-3.2.fr.i386.rpm is not installed
>  
Rpm -e uses the same syntax as rpm -q below, you cannot use the full rpm 
name, just the package name.
To delete a package use "rpm -e <package name>".  In this case, use "rpm 
-e xmms-alsa"

> [root@localhost RPMs]# rpm -i xmms-alsa-1.2.8-3.2.fr.i386.rpm
> warning: xmms-alsa-1.2.8-3.2.fr.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key
> ID e42d547b
>        package xmms-alsa-1.2.8-3.2.fr is already installed
> [root@localhost RPMs]#
>
> When I run rpm -q xmms-alsa, the output indicates that xmms-alsa-1.2.8 is
> installed.  Why does this happen and how do I fix it?  I can't seem to find
> this particular problem anywhere in the ether.
>
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