rpm troubles

conrad987 · 12-03-2004, 10:00 PM

I recently installed apt and while doing so erased my rpm library (librpm-4.3.so). Here is the error message:

[****@******]$ rpm -q rpm
rpm: error while loading shared libraries: librpm-4.3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Where can i find this library, and how can i install it without using rpm? Thanks!

Kelly Joe

spaaarky21 · 12-04-2004, 01:54 AM

Sorry I can't answer your question but just as a warning, I've heard that using apt with distributions that have their own package systems (like Fedora and Mandrake) can be a very bad idea. If you want system-killing conflicts, that's a great way to get them.

-Brandon

conrad987 · 12-05-2004, 04:12 PM

yea, it defiently messed my box up big time. The rpm manager is just one of the problems i have. It also deleted my /etc/passwd so i can't shut-down without being totally f'ed. What would be the best way to reinstall Fedore Core 2 without losing all my files? Could i use *.iso to replace those files and if so...which ones? thanks

Kelly Joe

jojotx0 · 12-05-2004, 04:44 PM

boot the computer with the Fedora Core 2 binaries CD 1 in the CD-ROM drive, and start the installer, when it searches for installlations of Fedora it should tell you that there is an installation and you can either upgrade or install over it...just click on upgrade and click next...then follow everything past that like you normally would when installing Fedora.

reddazz · 12-06-2004, 05:57 AM

apt works quite well on Fedora Core, I have never had any problem using it on Core 2 and Core 3. You will find that on Fedora Core, apt and yum are the most common package managers. I know the Mandrake version of apt is not recommended for daily use, but not the versions for Fedora.