On 15/01/2008, Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I went the manual way. I used rpm -i rpmname and it printed a long > list of dependents and I one by satisfied the dependents. But when I > tried to load the vlc file it gave me this: > > [root@localhost Desktop]# rpm -i --force vlc-0.8.6d-1.fc8.i386.rpm > error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/bin/vlc;478c1014: cpio: read > > This makes me think the rpm file is bad. What do you think? Check it yourself: rpm -Kv vlc-0.8.6d-1.fc8.i386.rpm Also read up on what dangerous options the "--force" alias turns on. The way you use that option you can really damage your installation easily without any prior warning. It is not wise what you do. I say that you don't need that option at all once you know what it does. The Internet is full of examples where --force is used without any reason to use it. Really bad. Poor advise.
