[Gllug] RPM problem

[Adrian McMenamin]

On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 13:43 +0100, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> > How can I solve this... the package isn't installed...but I can't
> > install it because the package manager (RPM) thinks (wrongly) it is
> > 
> > 
> > [root at dragoneye packages]# rpm -iv clamav-server-0.87.1-1.i386.rpm
> > Preparing packages for installation...
> >         package clamav-server-0.87.1-1 is already installed
> > [root at dragoneye packages]# rpm -e clamav-server-0.87.1-1.i386.rpm
> > error: package clamav-server-0.87.1-1.i386.rpm is not installed
> > 
> > 
> 
> You need to enter the package name, not the package _file name_.
> 
> Something like "rpm -e "clamav-server"
> 

Actually 

 rpm -i --force clamav-server-0.87.1-1.i386.rpm

fixed it



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