Installing an rpm on Enterprise Linux 4

HSN · 12-29-2006, 08:54 AM

Hello,

As part of Oracle installation on REL4, I'm required to install some prerequisite rpm files on Linux.
I tried installing them as follows:

rpm -ivh libaio-3.0.96-3.src.rpm
cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
rpmbuild --target i686 libaio.spec
cd ../RPMS/i386
rpm -ivh libaio-0.3.96-3.i386.rpm libaio-devel-0.3.96-3.i386.rpm

However, still when I check the package it appears as not installed!

Please let me know how can I install such package?

Lenard · 12-29-2006, 09:11 AM

Why are you installing libaio for RHEL3 on RHEL4??? Use the libaio rpms from RHEL4 they are on the installation media. You might benefit from this CentOS forum also;

http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/...m.php?forum=35

CentOS is a 100% binary compatible 'clone' of RHEL BTW.

HSN · 12-29-2006, 10:07 AM

Well, it's not a matter of why I'm doing this. What I want is that this package must be installed. And I'm not familiar with any way of installing rpms. Even if these are available in the media, I don't know how to install them from there!?

Lenard · 12-29-2006, 11:17 AM

Well you installed the rpm packages you built;

rpm -ivh libaio-0.3.96-3.i386.rpm libaio-devel-0.3.96-3.i386.rpm

To check use; rpm -qa 'libaio*'

To install the newer packages from the media use; rpm -Uvh <the rest here>

Please read from the console or xterm session for the details; man rpm