¿Why RPM installs doesn't work on my red hat 9 linux system?
 

I cannot install any program with RPM, i make a double click over the file and it says that is checking to install but it never does it.. I tried to install with the command line (terminal) but it doesn't work too..

How can i fix this problem?

Does it give you an error message when installing from terminal? And if yes, what?

It says there are some errors
 

I tried to install some programs, when i try to install them with the terminal it always says that there is problem with MD5SUM, but i downloaded those programs of the linux.org homepage.

I'm a new linux user so i dont know many things about it, a friend installed some of those programs on his system and he says that it works.

Thanks for your answer and your help.

My machine gives me that warning as well, but the programs is still installed succesfully. Note that it's only a warning, not an error. The difference is that warning doesn't (usually?) stop the process, but error does.

You can verify the package is installed my typing:

$ rpm -q [package name without versions numbers and stuff, eg. perl]

If it's installed, it echoes back the package name and version. If it ain't installed, you get something like "package x is not installed".

THe Packager Program with Red Hat 9.0 is broken (for some reason). It used to work OK but suddenly stopped working on my machine like 2 months back. I always use the command
rpm -Uvh nameofrpm.rpm

Hope this helps...

It doesn't work....
 

Thanks for your help... I already tried with rpm -q... but it says that the package is not installed and trying with rpm -Uvh... it gives me the same error: MD5 digest: BAD Expected and compares 2 numbers.

I tried so many ways to do it but it isn't working yet. It always gives the same error, but when i try double clicking the desktop icon to install it, the program says that is checking the package and finishes there.

Where did you get the RPMS from? I have done a Google search for this problem and most of the time its a bad download: corrupt or incomplete file etc.

Try downloading the file again

Hope this helps...

I dont know whats going on...
 

Sorry, i tried downloading the files again but i didn't work.

I read something about an ID of the file that RPMS checks when its going to install a package, something about MD5SUM, but i dont know anything about it, do ya?

I could install a RPM package by double clicking the desktop icon, but only one...

i have never had this problem, but since you say you got one to install, then it must mean the others are corrupted, try running a google search for the same rpm's and downloading from a different mirror, then install using rpm -Uvh <file>