On Monday, 18. February 2002 14:16, Brian Flangsmythe wrote:
> When I try to install a lyx or xforms package with RPM I get the
> following error message:
>
> only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this
> version of RPM
>
> Is this some kind of shortcoming of my system? I think we're using
> some sort of Linux.
>
> By the way, could anybody give an explanation of how to install
> lyx, xforms, etc in a unix home directory. I don't have root
> access you see.
>
> Regards,
> Brian F.
You have to update your RPM package manager.
Have a look at the update section of your distributor eg. RedHat...
Tschüss,
Thomas
--
I still maintain the point that designing a monolithic kernel in
1991 is a fundamental error. Be thankful you are not my student.
You would not get a high grade for such a design :-)
(Andrew Tanenbaum to Linus Torvalds)
