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by **Lee Mitchel** » Sun, 16 Nov 1997 04:00:00

Hi all,
Im running RedHat Linux 4.1 with kernel 2.0.31. I have been trying to
install an updated version of an S3 Graphics card library in RPM format
downloaded from Redhat.
Below is the error i keep getting. My RPM is version 2.2.5.

error: xfree86-s3v-3.3.1-1.i386.rpm cannot be installed

I guessed that RPM itself must have been updated since RH4.1 so I downloaded
the latest version of RPM from redhat, in RPM format. You guessed it, the
error I get is below !

error: rpm-2.3.11-1.i386.rpm cannot be installed

So, what else has changed ? (or what am I doing wrong !)

Any help greatly appreciated !
--
Lee Mitchell

"Life !... Don't talk to me about life .."

by **Wayne Schroed** » Sun, 16 Nov 1997 04:00:00

>Hi all,
> Im running RedHat Linux 4.1 with kernel 2.0.31. I have been trying to
>install an updated version of an S3 Graphics card library in RPM format
>downloaded from Redhat.
>Below is the error i keep getting. My RPM is version 2.2.5.

>error: xfree86-s3v-3.3.1-1.i386.rpm cannot be installed

>I guessed that RPM itself must have been updated since RH4.1 so I downloaded
>the latest version of RPM from redhat, in RPM format. You guessed it, the
>error I get is below !

>error: rpm-2.3.11-1.i386.rpm cannot be installed

>So, what else has changed ? (or what am I doing wrong !)

>Any help greatly appreciated !

Well.. it sounds like you aren't downloading BINARY style --
I had this problem when i tried to dl from netscape (an earlier version).
you might try ncftp, and be sure to say BINARY -- if it still fails.. there
is a tgz version you can install as a last resort -- I upgraded my rpm like
you did.. i think.. There may have been a version in between but i Doubt
it..

Wayne

by **Frank Sweetse** » Sun, 16 Nov 1997 04:00:00

> Hi all,
> Im running RedHat Linux 4.1 with kernel 2.0.31. I have been trying to
> install an updated version of an S3 Graphics card library in RPM format
> downloaded from Redhat.
> Below is the error i keep getting. My RPM is version 2.2.5.

> error: xfree86-s3v-3.3.1-1.i386.rpm cannot be installed

> I guessed that RPM itself must have been updated since RH4.1 so I downloaded
> the latest version of RPM from redhat, in RPM format. You guessed it, the
> error I get is below !

> error: rpm-2.3.11-1.i386.rpm cannot be installed

> So, what else has changed ? (or what am I doing wrong !)

Go to www.redhat.com - they have instructions there for dealing with
upgrading rpm manually like this.

--
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Sigh. I like to think it's just the Linux people who want to be on
the "leading edge" so bad they walk right off the precipice.
(Craig E. Groeschel)

by **Ralph Blac** » Wed, 03 Dec 1997 04:00:00

> >Hi all,
> > Im running RedHat Linux 4.1 with kernel 2.0.31. I have been trying to
> >install an updated version of an S3 Graphics card library in RPM format
> >downloaded from Redhat.
> >Below is the error i keep getting. My RPM is version 2.2.5.

> >error: xfree86-s3v-3.3.1-1.i386.rpm cannot be installed

> >I guessed that RPM itself must have been updated since RH4.1 so I downloaded
> >the latest version of RPM from redhat, in RPM format. You guessed it, the
> >error I get is below !

> >error: rpm-2.3.11-1.i386.rpm cannot be installed

> >So, what else has changed ? (or what am I doing wrong !)

> >Any help greatly appreciated !

> Well.. it sounds like you aren't downloading BINARY style --
> I had this problem when i tried to dl from netscape (an earlier version).
> you might try ncftp, and be sure to say BINARY -- if it still fails.. there
> is a tgz version you can install as a last resort -- I upgraded my rpm like
> you did.. i think.. There may have been a version in between but i Doubt
> it..

> Wayne

Well, i had this problem to and it turned out that I had NOT correctly
downloaded the RPM. The RPMpackage has a built-in CRC check and if its not OK,
the Bang, your dead.

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