Problem installing packages
 

I just got a PowerPack Mandrake 9.0
It is considerably better than a download version.
However I have a question - how to install a package?

When I try to install packages, say, I try to install Scribus, I open rpmdrake, type find "scribus" in names. The packages then displayed. I select them, click Install, and I get a warning: "Everything is already installed. Is it supposed to happen at all?"

I run slocate to find out if I have scribus on my system. Nothing is found, of course, because no scribus was previously installed.

How do I then install the Scribus or other packages, if I know that they ar not installed but rpmdrake tells they are?

Rgds,
dimitri

Try installing from a shell:

rpm -Uvh scribuspackage

Sometimes the gui rpm managers are buggy. Just to see whats going on you could try:

rpm -ivh scribuspackage

The -U flag stands for UPDATE and the -i flag is INSTALL. If you don't get an error from the -i flag then I would say your rpm gui manager is acting silly. Usually I just use the -U flag all the time.

I've gotten this problem on occasion too (with Mandrake 9) - it hasn't happened often enough to worry much about, but it sounds like it's a problem on your system. (it's probably just a minor bug)

Maybe it has something to do with the RPM database being out of date or corrupted somehow? Try this from a terminal (as root):

rpm --rebuilddb

Then try installing something again and see if it gives you the same error.

If you want to correctly fix your rpm database check out this link. It does wonders for rpm related issues.

Dear Crached_Again,
Thank you. I wil try.
By the way, I have seen you page. Congratulations on setting up your own server! Actually, this is one of the main reasons I have Linux - sooner or later I want to set up a server.
Rgds.

Cool! Thank you very much. I got the needed packages.
Rgds, d.