Doom for linux
I installed doom-1.10-7.i386.rpm in Fedora Core 1.
I then accidentally erased the two files created during installation: rundoom and sdoom in /usr/games. I wanted to reinstall but got the message "package was already installed". I then deleted all other files created during the installation: /usr/X11R6/bin/xdoom /usr/doc/doom-1.10 /usr/doc/doom-1.10/ChangeLog /usr/doc/doom-1.10/DOOMLIC.TXT /usr/doc/doom-1.10/README.TXT /usr/doc/doom-1.10/README.asm /usr/doc/doom-1.10/README.b /usr/doc/doom-1.10/README.book /usr/doc/doom-1.10/README.config /usr/doc/doom-1.10/README.gl /usr/doc/doom-1.10/README.linuxs /usr/doc/doom-1.10/README.linuxx /usr/doc/doom-1.10/README.sndserver.patch /usr/doc/doom-1.10/README.sound /usr/doc/doom-1.10/README.udoom /usr/doc/doom-1.10/TODO /usr/games/rundoom /usr/games/sdoom /usr/lib/games/doom /usr/lib/games/doom/doom1.wad /usr/lib/games/doom/musserver /usr/lib/games/doom/sndserver /usr/lib/games/doom/sndserver.8bit /usr/lib/games/doom/sndserver.8bitMono I still get the message "package was already installed" when trying to reinstall doom. Any advise would be appreciated. Alex |
isn't there a "force" option or something for rpm? try reading the manpage "man rpm"
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Have you tried adding the '--force' flag?
Also, If you have rpm2tgz and installpkg, have you tried rpm2tgz doom-1.10-7.i386.rpm installpkg doom-1.10-7.i386.tgz ? |
Thanks for your replies.
I looked up elsewhere and the suggestion was to use rpm -ivh --replacepkgs < >.rpm I will try it when I get home. |
--force is the same as --replacepkgs.
use rpm -e <package-name> instead of deleting files within the packages. This should save you this erro no.. |
Larry,
I ended up re-updating Fedora. Then the install went fine. However, I learned my lesson and a thing or two about the rpm command. Thanks for reply |
you should use prboom, it has alot of nifty features:
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