On Sat, 15 Mar 2003 11:44:05 +0100, Wolfgang Rapp wrote > trying to install hylafax rh8 rpm package from hylafax.org but rpm > hangs. I get Prepating packages for installation... after rpm -iv > and then nothing else happend to rpm. > > I remove /var/lib/rpm/__db* and all /var/tmp/rpm* and then -- > rebuilddb but no success at all. > > Other packages could be installed. > Anybody some ideas?
I have had that happen on a different package myself. No matter what I did, the rpm would hang (IIRC it was plugger). The approach I took, after cleaning up things, was first to determine if any dependencies existed. You might try rpm -ivh --test package; I do not remember if that will run or it hangs also. You can use the --requires to see if dependencies exist. The package I was installing had none. I then tried rpm -ivh --nodeps package and it installed. Please keep in mind that using nodeps can be dangerous if dependencies do exist. Also, I was experimenting trying to find anything that would work on a non-production machine. FWIW -- YMMV. If you find a different solution, please post it back here. Mike. -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
