On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 05:01:50PM -0800, Gerhard Magnus wrote: > I was trying to install the downloaded package > flash-plugin-7.0.61-1.i386.rpm on a remote machine after having > successfully installed it locally. At one point this rpm installation > opens a second window containing the flash license agreement. I'd > forgotten to include the -Y parameter in the ssh command initiating the > session -- which is probably why "rpm -ivh > flash-plugin-7.0.61-1.i386.rpm" hung up. Then I may have made matters > worse by cancelling the command. > > In any case, the flash plugin doesn't work even though the system says > it's installed. Then I get these results when I try to delete or > re-install the package (in any order): > > [104] /home/magnusg $ rpm -ivh flash-plugin-7.0.61-1.i386.rpm > warning: flash-plugin-7.0.61-1.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, > key ID 8df56d05 > Preparing... ################################# [100%] > package flash-plugin-7.0.61-1 is already installed > > [105] /home/magnusg $ rpm -e flash-plugin-7.0.61-1.i386.rpm > error: package flash-plugin-7.0.61-1.i386.rpm is not installed > > Is there some way to clean up the damage and start over? > > Thanks for the help! > Jerry I would do the following three things: 1.Erase all /var/lib/rpm/__db.* files 2. run : rpm --rebuilddb 3, Then try to install the rpm. It should install. If not I would try the --force option on rpm. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
