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Im using Red Hat 9, and it came with xmms 1.2.7. I'm trying to upgrade to 1.2.10.
The book I'm reading said that in order to upgrade rpms, I have to:
#rpm -Uvh <package-filename>
and I did that, and it seemed to carry out with no problems. When I run xmms (going to 'Audio Player' under 'Sound & Video' as I normally do) it's still saying that 1.2.7 is installed.
The book also metioned having to swap config files manually (.rpmnew, or something to that effect), but i'm not sure where it would be located, being a newbie not totally familiar with the file system yet. I searched the forums and found this, which is similar to my problem:
K, I removed the old rpm (1.2.7) without a problem. When I try to install the new, here's what I get:
root@localhost root]# cd ..
[root@localhost /]# cd home
[root@localhost home]# cd bill
[root@localhost bill]# rpm -ivh xmms-1.2.10-1.src.rpm
warning: user havardk does not exist - using root
warning: group havardk does not exist - using root
warning: user havardk does not exist - using root
warning: group havardk does not exist - using root
1:xmms ########################################### [100%]
[root@localhost bill]# rpm -qi xmms
package xmms is not installed
[root@localhost bill]#
Am I missing something? I'm still new, am I suppose to ./configure and make it? I didn't think you needed to do that with rpms. Do you see anything here that could be causing a problem?
Man, it seems like the simplist things are giving me the biggest problems, lol.
Ok, actually, I think I just figured something out...
I went back to the xmms website to see if I download the right thing...
It appears that I downloaded a "Source RPM"? I scrolled further down and found a 'regular' rpm (lol) for Red Hat, so I'm going to try that and see if that does the trick.
Does it look like that may have been the problem? And I guess my new question is, What is the difference between a normal RPM and a Source RPM?
ahhhhhh, i think i get it.....with the source RPM, i can make a a Binary (or Executable, i guess, in Windows terms) RPM that I can execute. Gotcha. I think, lol. Learning how to do that is a whole new monster im not ready to fight with yet, lol.
Well, I downloaded the binary and it worked fine. The only problem I am having now is that when I try to play and mp3, the little bar goes by real quick (like it's playing the mp3 really fast) and doesnt make any sound. I read a post about that by accident on this forum, but I am having a hard ime finding it now. You wouldnt happen to know why, would ya?
Anywhy, thanks again man, sorry for being such a noob, lol.
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