RPM package upgrade
On Redhat 6.X its not possible to install/Upgrade packages of Redhat 7.x. Reason is
that your RPM package software itself does not support new rpms.here is a simple
solution.just go to ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-4.0.x/
download
db3-3.1.14-0.3.6x.i386.rpm, db3-devel
> Now, I whole heartedly agree with what you are saying - with both the
points
> above. But what I fail to understand is how it anwers the current question
> at hand - that of upgrading RPM from 3.x to 4.x on a RedHat 6.x system.
I don't know about you, but anyone who is asking questions about rpm
On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 11:18:15AM +0530, Ambar Roy spoke out thus:
> > I have RH6.1 installed on a production server running Kernel 2.2.12-20.
> >
> > I have RPM version 3.0.3-2 installed and wish to upgrade. I downloaded
> > rpm-4.0.3-7x.i386.rpm from the archives of RH6.2 updates from the Redha
> I have RH6.1 installed on a production server running Kernel 2.2.12-20.
>
> I have RPM version 3.0.3-2 installed and wish to upgrade. I downloaded
rpm-4.0.3-7x.i386.rpm from the archives of RH6.2 updates from the Redhat
site.
>
> I did a "rpm -UvhF rpm-4.0.3-7x.i386.rpm" and it says "query of
r
Upgradation of RPM from V3.x to v4.0x is possible if you follow the following steps.
1. Backup your rpm database directory - /var/lib/rpm This is very
important! I remember somebody trashing his complete RPM database and
not being able to recover it.
2. I cant help you with the URL in this. But
