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

Corlinux · 04-05-2004, 12:50 AM

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?

basse- · 04-05-2004, 12:53 AM

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

Corlinux · 04-05-2004, 01:37 AM

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.

basse- · 04-05-2004, 07:47 AM

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".

chem1 · 04-05-2004, 09:23 AM

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...

Corlinux · 04-05-2004, 10:16 AM

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.

chem1 · 04-05-2004, 10:51 AM

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...

Corlinux · 04-05-2004, 04:01 PM

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...

kcender · 04-05-2004, 06:13 PM

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>