On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 16:21 -0400, CodeHeads wrote: > On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:50:06 +0100 Peter Hillier-Brook <phb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Paul Dickson wrote: > > > 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. > > > > Querying works fine, it's the installation that bombs. I've had a > > thought that the wildcarded filename should be terminated with ".rpm" > > and next time I boot FC I'll check that. > > > > Thanks for all your help. > > > > Peter HB > > > I have done the following and it has worked: > $ rpm -Uvh *.rpm > > Must be in the same directory as the rpms :) > > Yes, you are right, it has to have the .rpm at the end. Only if there are any non-rpm files in the directory. Otherwise, a glob of "*" should work just fine. Paul.
