In that case everything is fine because the right package name is listed with 'rpm -q'. Sorry for dumbassing ;-) On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 15:38 +0200, Markku Kolkka wrote: > Maciek R. kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika torstai, 23. > joulukuuta 2004 15:26): > > I experienced s.th. strange with rpm. Just entered 'rpm -ivh > > <package name>' in order to install new Broadcom drivers for > > my ethernet card.> After that I wanted to remove them by 'rpm > > -e <package name>'. Wanted to install them again 'rpm -ivh > > <package name>' and now it tells me 'package already > > installed'. > > "packge name" is not the same as "package file name". rpm -i > takes a filename as its argument, rpm -e and rpm -q need a > package name. Looks like you are confusing the filename with the > actual package name. > -- Maciek R. <m.mail@xxxxx>
