What is an rpm? GCC is on one of the RH 8 cds?

Redhat Package Manager. it's there somewhere.

I'm having the same problem compiling, but when I try to install the development packages from my RH 8.0 CD, I get:

Package Not Found
The following package could not be found on your system.
Installation cannot continue until it's installed.

Unlocatable Package:
krb5-libs = 1.2.5-6

Required By:
krb5devel


So, I went to RPMFind.net and found the Red Hat 8.0 RPM: krb5-libs.1.2.5-6 and downloaded it.

After it downloaded, I double-clicked it to install, and I was told that I already have a newer version. What am I supposed to do?

Thank you,
AldebaranDanu

Just one more thing to try - uninstalling the package, and forcing it back in.

First, run

rpm --rebuilddb

then try to install it again. If that doesn't work, then do

rpm -e krb5-libs

and then

rpm -i --force krb5-libs.1.2.5-6.rpm

Thank you for your quick response Bert.

I tried:

rpm --rebuilddb
And then tried installing it again, no dice, same problem.

So then I tried:
rpm -e krb5-libs
It gave me a list of things that required that RPM to be installed.

So finally I tried:
rpm -i --force krb5-libs-1.2.5-6.i386.rpm
(that was the actual filename, I just kinda forgot earlier)
But it seems to have frozen in the console. I pressed Enter, and it did a carriage return, but nothing else seems to be happening.

Did I make a major boo boo?

Thanks again,
AldebaranDanu