Edward Dekkers wrote:
chen li wrote:
Hi Charles,
Thanks. Nothing shows up after I followed the command
you suggested.
If I install it this way: rpm -Uvih *.rpm
I got this message: Segmentation fault
If I install it this way: rpm -vih *.rpm
I got the following on the screen and got stuck at 4%
forever.
Preparing...
########################################### [100%]
1:openoffice.org-core08 ###########################################
[ 4%]
Li
I would not expect it to segfault that way, but you are contradicting
the arguments.
1> U is for Updating a package.
2> i is for installing a package.
3> v is for verbose output (more messages to the console).
4> h is for the hash marking (progress bar).
So for updating a package I use:
rpm -Uvh *.rpm
for installing a package from scratch (like what you should do with
kernels) I use:
rpm -ivh *.rpm
I would expect an error in rpm if you use both i and U in the same
command as you've done above. A segfault is a bit much and I assume the
programmers haven't debugged that parameter combination.
As to why it takes so long, I would rebuild the rpm database and clear
the cache files - this smells like an old problem I used to have.
Regards,
Ed.
The usage of -i and -U at the same time should not be allowed in my
books. Time for a bug (enhancement) report on this.
The usage of -U will install a package that hasn't been installed yet
so -i isn't required.
rpm {-U|--upgrade} [install-options] PACKAGE_FILE ...
This upgrades or installs the package currently installed to
a newer version. This is the same as install, except all
other version(s) of the package are removed after the new
package is installed.
