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.

On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 19:29, Sachin wrote:

hi there 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 r suggestion in advance sachin

Hi,

You might try this, I am not sure whether this will work.

use rpm2cpio utility, it looks statically linked and won't require rpm libs.

# rpm2cpio rpm-4.0.2x.rpm rpm4.cpio

now extract file from this cpio archive

# cpio -i --make-directories < rpm4.cpio

This will create a hierarchy of directories starting with ./usr, ./bin, etc.

now copy these files to apropriate place on the system.

now see if you can upgrade your rpm with rpm -Uvh rpm4.0.rpm.

let us know if this works,

Rajesh