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05-17-2006, 12:33 PM
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New User HELP!!!!
say i am working with suse 9.1 and umm i have downloaded kopete and couple of other softwares from the net and i just cant install them i am workin with kde the version of kopete i have downloaded is [kopete_0.12_beta2.suse9.3.kde3.5.i686.rpm] can anyone please help me and there is another issue with my updater it wont let me update for some reason it just sits there and doesnt do nething i have to abort it
Please HELP!!!! 
Last edited by loda117; 05-17-2006 at 12:38 PM.
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05-17-2006, 12:49 PM
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open a console, su to root, and run "rpm -Uvh /home/user/kopete.blah.rpm" (change path accordingly). if this fails post the errors.
and please use informative titles in future. how do you think that your choice there was useful to anyone here?
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05-18-2006, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by acid_kewpie
open a console, su to root, and run "rpm -Uvh /home/user/kopete.blah.rpm" (change path accordingly). if this fails post the errors.
and please use informative titles in future. how do you think that your choice there was useful to anyone here?
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ok umm i i have changed the command and now it is not giving me error but it doesnt do anything either. the command i put in was *rpm -uvh /home/user/desktop/kopete_0.12_beta2.suse9.1.kde3.2.rpm" any suggestions.
Last edited by loda117; 05-18-2006 at 03:39 PM.
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05-18-2006, 04:33 PM
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unmable to access windows XP, need help
Hello
I am a new user:
> I installed Linux feedura( from disc LXFSO5B/04/06), on my laptop(sony modelPCG-K33 vaio)
> right now I am only with Linux fedora, without windows xp, I have
some important data on my windows xp,
> how do i remove linux and then install it correctly?
all the best
Morteza
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05-18-2006, 04:34 PM
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put a few extra -v's on the command line for more detail and note that i said "-Uvh" not "-uvh" it's case sensitive.
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05-18-2006, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by mortezart
Hello
I am a new user:
> I installed Linux feedura( from disc LXFSO5B/04/06), on my laptop(sony modelPCG-K33 vaio)
> right now I am only with Linux fedora, without windows xp, I have
some important data on my windows xp,
> how do i remove linux and then install it correctly?
all the best
Morteza
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why have you gatecrashed someone elses thread? if you have your own question, ask it in your own thread. |
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05-19-2006, 11:24 AM
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same problem
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Originally Posted by acid_kewpie
put a few extra -v's on the command line for more detail and note that i said "-Uvh" not "-uvh" it's case sensitive.
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see i have tried it with both ways switched the command around but there is no error messege that i can give you  anything else that i can try??  |
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05-19-2006, 12:42 PM
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there really really will be an error. can you copy and paste the entire terminal output, including the few lines before and after.
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05-20-2006, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by acid_kewpie
there really really will be an error. can you copy and paste the entire terminal output, including the few lines before and after.
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umm sorry to be so stupid but how do i get the terminal output????  |
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05-21-2006, 02:29 AM
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right, so what does this mean...
1) you aren't entering this command into a terminal in the first place so.. where are you typing it? you have terminal emulators like konsole, gnome terminal, xterm, rxvt, eterm on your program menu's somewhere.
2) you don't know how to copy and paste text. just use the mouse to select it and the paste using the middle mouse button.
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05-21-2006, 08:25 AM
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The "u" is supposed to be capital
rpm -Uvh <package_name>
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05-21-2006, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by acid_kewpie
put a few extra -v's on the command line for more detail and note that i said "-Uvh" not "-uvh" it's case sensitive.
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Originally Posted by dubz_444
The "u" is supposed to be capital
rpm -Uvh <package_name>
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been there, said that |
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05-21-2006, 10:58 AM
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right...um....emerge <pack...no wait..
type kopete from a terminal (Konsole in kde's case,gnome-terminal in gnome)
and see if it really wasnt installed
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05-21-2006, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by acid_kewpie
right, so what does this mean...
1) you aren't entering this command into a terminal in the first place so.. where are you typing it? you have terminal emulators like konsole, gnome terminal, xterm, rxvt, eterm on your program menu's somewhere.
2) you don't know how to copy and paste text. just use the mouse to select it and the paste using the middle mouse button.
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Umm i was enterin it in the run command place. now i have opened up the terminal and typed the command there "rpm -Uvh /home/user/desktop/kopete....." |
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05-21-2006, 01:46 PM
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".... and it worked fine"?
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