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in linux redhat 9, i cant install the gaim rpm wich i jus downloaded
gaim-0.70-1rh9.i386.rpm
it jus says preparing system for update and checkin existing rpms or somethin then the window dissapears and thats all,
also, if i installed some rpm, hwo can i remove it, for example, i cant remove KDE completely in Add/Remove the Standard packages dont hav an option to be removed ??
[root@localhost root]# rpm -ivh '/root/Desktop/gaim-0.70-1rh9.i386.rpm'
warning: /root/Desktop/gaim-0.70-1rh9.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 883c1c14
error: Failed dependencies:
libgtkspell.so.0 is needed by gaim-0.70-1rh9
libtcl8.3.so is needed by gaim-0.70-1rh9
libtk8.3.so is needed by gaim-0.70-1rh9
Distribution: Red Hat 7.3, RHEL4 WS, FC 1-6, Ubuntu
Posts: 51
Rep:
Tricky...
For the gaim install, try the same command but replace the -i with -U. If that doesn't work repost the output...
As for removing RPMs from the system, you can use "rpm -e <package>". This will take some work though. Red Hat has a real spider web of depenancies that you are going to have to weed through.
[root@localhost root]# rpm -U '/root/Desktop/gaim-0.70-1rh9.i386.rpm'
warning: /root/Desktop/gaim-0.70-1rh9.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 883c1c14
error: Failed dependencies:
libgtkspell.so.0 is needed by gaim-0.70-1rh9
libtcl8.3.so is needed by gaim-0.70-1rh9
libtk8.3.so is needed by gaim-0.70-1rh9
[root@localhost root]#
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