Thanks Brian. I could not get the rpm upgrade to work and, hence, proceeded to another SuSE box on the LAN and installed, mounted directories and it is working.
Thanks Mike On 5/4/05, Brian Morrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 4 May 2005 12:15:42 -0400 in > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Blonder > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello. > > > > I compiled Clamav .83 from the .gz download. When I found that .84 was > > available in RPM from SuSE (my OS is SuSE 9.1) I downloaded the RPM > > and attempted to install same after shutting down clamd and > > freshclamd, etc. and removing all of what I could find of the .83 > > files. The RPM seemed to load OK, with the exception that > > /etc/init.d/freshclam.conf from .83 was retained. I compared the .83 > > freshclam.conf to the .84 and renamed files as required. I was not, > > however, all set, as running freshclam again resulted in a message > > that .83 was still running. I attempted to remove all of .84 and > > ensure that all of .83 was removed. Now I am no longer able to install > > the RPM. When I try to install or to update the RPM I get a message > > that the RPM is already installed. When I try to remove the > > application, I receive a message that it is NOT installed. Any one > > know what log, etc the RPM install or upgrade application would check > > to see if the stuff is already installed? Alternatively, where can I > > get a complete list of all the files the application would install? > > It sounds like things went very badly. I would suggest the following: > > Go to the directory you originally built 0.83 in and after backing up > the /etc/<service>.conf files for clamd and freshclam then do a make > uninstall, this should remove all of the old 0.83 files. > > Do an rpm -qa | grep clamav and see what the rpm database thinks is > still installed. If it thinks the rpm is still there, then: > > rpm -e clamav clamav-devel > > should remove it. Follow that with a re-install using: > > rpm -ivh clamav-0.84-<whatever SuSE calls it> clamav-devel-0.84-<SuSE> > > to reinstall it. > > Look in /etc and see whether there are .rpmnew and .rpmsave files for > the .conf files, then edit and adjust them as needed and restart clamd > and freshclam. > > -- > > Brian Morrison > > bdm at fenrir dot org dot uk > > GnuPG key ID DE32E5C5 - http://wwwkeys.uk.pgp.net/pgpnet/wwwkeys.html > _______________________________________________ > http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html > _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
