16 Jul
2002
16 Jul
'02
6:04 p.m.
On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Sachin wrote:
while i was upgrading rpm pakage from rpm-4.0.2x i removed rpm of previos version now i can install newer version please tell me how to isntall rpm package do i have to install it from a tarball thanx for u
why oh why did you remove rpm? this is something that you should never do on a redhat system. that's the reason there is a -U flag - for upgrading.
to upgrade rpm, do rpm -Uvh rpm-package-name.rpm
but first you'll have to get some version of rpm installed.
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