RPM: Replacing packages

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Replacing

If the same package and same version is already installed but want to install this package anyway, we can use --replacepkgs option. This will tell RPM to ignore the error:

# rpm -ivh --replacepkgs xmms-1.2.10-1.i386.rpm

Conflicting

If we are installing package which contains a file that has already been installed by another package, the following type of information is displayed:

Preparing…

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file /usr/bin/xmms from install of xmms-1.2.10-1 conflicts with file from xine-3.7.10

To make RPM ignore this error, use the --replacefiles option:

# rpm -ivh --replacefiles xmms-1.2.10-1.i386.rpm

If we have a required online source for RPM packages, we can install them directly from that source. For example, if we want to install the lynx RPM package from RedHat/RPMS directory on server named linuxserver71, We can run the following command to install it:

# rpm -ivh ftp://linuxserver71/RedHat/RPMS/lynx-*

Some other FTP servers require user name and password. For example following:

# rpm -ivh ftp://anonymousftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/rawhide/i386/RPMS/lynx-*

Password for anonymous@ftp.redhat.com:

The password that we enter is not displayed on the screen. We can use this command to install the newer version of many packages. But this command may not work well over internet. So for that situation download the package first and then install it.

Installing RPM

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Installing Package

Basic installation of new RPM package is very simple. Its syntax is rpm -i filename. For example:

Installing xmms mp3 player:

# rpm -ivh xmms-1.2.10-1.i386.rpm

# rpm -ivh xmms-mp3-1.2.10-1.1.fr.i386.rpm

Or, installing gxine media player:

# rpm -ivh libxine1-1_cvs-040627.i386.rpm

# rpm -ivh gxine-0.3.3-2.fr.i386.rpm

Here -v option is used for verbose and -h option for showing hashes. So we can monitor the progress of installation. The file name includes package name (xmms), version number (1.2.10), release (1), and architecture (i386). If installation is successful, the output is displayed as under:

Preparing…

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1:xmms ####################################################

[100%]

If the package is already installed, the following is displayed:

Preparing…

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Package xmms-1.2.10-1 is already installed

Note: mp3 player can be run using command xmms&, similarly video player can be run using gxine& command.

Querying RPM: contd...

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Along with -q option we also can use package selection options too, which as follows:

· -a To query all the installed packages

· -i To display package information including size, name, build, date, release,

vendor, installed date and other information

· -f filename To query the package which owns file filename

· -l To display list of files which the package contains

· -d To display list of files marked as documentation

· -p package To query the package package

Following is the example of information query. It helps us get the summary information associated with setup RPM:

If we are not sure about the package, we can list the files in it by using rpm -ql package command, which is as follows: