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. -Paul
