On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 09:42, Chris Bice wrote:
> rpm -Uvh xmms* --force should do the trick, if not try rpm -Uvh
> xmms* --force --nodeps.
Ahh! Don't use --force or --nodeps unless you know what you are doing.
In this case, both the person asking the question, and the one giving
the answer, do n
On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 15:05, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> This tries to install a _source_ rpm either as a non-root user or
> without the "rpmbuild" package installed (which contains the
> /usr/src/redhat tree).
damn! you beat me to it :-)
If you want to install xmms-mp3, I would strongly advise to
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On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 08:42:42 -0600, Chris Bice wrote:
> rpm -Uvh xmms* --force should do the trick, if not try rpm -Uvh
> xmms* --force --nodeps.
Nah, don't use --force or --nodeps. At least not in this case.
Let's see:
> -Original Message-
* Craig Toenes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-17 22:59:07 -0800]:
> rpm -ivh xmms-1.2.7-13.p.src.rpm
> error: cannot write to %sourcedir
> /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES
do you *need* to install the src.rpm? if so, do you have a
/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES directory? if so, do you have permission to
install i
rpm -Uvh xmms* --force should do the trick, if not try rpm -Uvh
xmms* --force --nodeps.
As long as you install MP3 and MPG123 your all set. You should be able to
listen to MP3's. As for My Infinite RedHat Wisdom Comment earlier, I would
wonder why you would ship an MP3 Player if it pretty much w
