Thanks, it's been a while since I rpm'med and I forgot some of the flags. Trouble is, it fixed itself, and that makes me even more nervous. On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 11:24:18AM -0600, Austad, Jay wrote: > do rpm -ivh instead. Then you will actually be able to see if it's doing > anything or not. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: phil at rephil.org [mailto:phil at rephil.org] > > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 1:05 AM > > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > Subject: [TCLUG] rpm fubar > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I've been in contact with Chris Hanson and some of the other Debian > > developers for the HP OmniBook GNU/Linux project > > > > http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/projects/omnibook/details.php?MODEL=500 > > > > As luck would have it, I have the one configuration that no one > > thought would be needed. Good news is they are willing to knock > > together some boot disks. In the mean time I've loaded RedHat 7.2, > > and it's running. > > > > Here's the stupid part. I want to install TeXmacs > > (http://www.texmacs.org/), so I've downloaded the rpm. But, when I > > say > > > > $ rpm -i TeXmacs-0.3.5.7-1.i386.rpm > > > > nothing happens. I did rpm -q -l -p <file> and it showed me all the > > stuff that ought to be in it. I tried to install something with > > GnoRPM (from rpmfind) and it failed, and this does too. > > > > Yes, I am logged in a root for this. But rpm won't seem to do any > > actual installing. What am I missing? I'm not used to programs being > > just dead in the water. rpm Doesn't show up in top, though > > it shows in > > the GnomeTop if you scroll down. Vert weird. > > > > Cheers > > Phil > > > > -- > > I used to like HP before computers, and once I even liked Compaq, > > but I liked DEC better than HP and Compaq put together. > > _______________________________________________ > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. > > Paul, Minnesota > > http://www.mn-linux.org > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- I used to like HP before computers, and once I even liked Compaq, but I liked DEC better than HP and Compaq put together.