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SuSE Linux: Versions since 5.0
You try to install an RPM package you have downloaded from the Internet and get an error message as:
error -2 reading header: Unknown error
Or you might like to update rpm
.
The rpm
from S.u.S.E. Linux 5.0 (version 2.4.1) cannot install
packages that have been installed with a newer rpm
.
Install the update from the S.u.S.E. FTP site:
rpm -U ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_update/suse51/rpm/rpm.rpm
Please do not forget to install YaST directly after the RPM:
rpm -U ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_update/suse51/a1/yast.rpm
Of course you may get the packages via ftp
and install them
locally thereafter.
If this fails for any reason please do upgrade the complete base system as described in ke_suselinux-ftp.html
We assume that you are familiar with the package management.
Caution! You may damage your »S.u.S.E. Linux«-Installation (see ke_update.html). Usage of another rpm
code that is not included is not covered by our installation support!
Get the sources from the Internet and compile a new rpm
.
Do not install it via the Makefile
install
switch but manually under another name (e.g.):
/root/bin
:
install -m755 .../rpm /root/bin/rpm.my
now install packages using:
/root/bin/rpm.my -U PAKET.rpm
Eventually rpm
claims failed dependencies. You may either
install the needed packaes or (if you are absolutely certain of what you are
doing!) use the rpm
options --nodeps
or
--force
.
Do only use these options for packages that are not system
relevant. Improper use will damage your system!
Obviously there will be a new rpm
on the next »S.u.S.E. Linux«
generations without having to interfere manually. So please do not install a
new rpm
without reason!
See also:
Keywords: RPM, UPDATE, PAKETE, ERROR, AUSPACKEN
Feedback welcome: Send Mail to ke@suse.de (Please give the following subject: SDB-ke_update-rpm
)
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