[Novalug] weird F7/pine install problem
Beartooth
karhunhammas@Lserv.com
Sat Aug 18 10:27:00 EDT 2007
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, DonJr wrote:
> After reading some of your other site message posts. <GRIN>
> {-: A Google on "pine-4.64-5.lvn7.i386.rpm" turned up some
> interesting results. :-}
Odd. I've been using google, rpmfind, and other things --
and kept getting rpms that wouldn't install ...
> What do you get when you do:
> $ less pine-4.64-5.lvn7.i386.rpm
[root@localhost ~]# less pine-4.64-5.lvn7.i386.rpm
pine-4.64-5.lvn7.i386.rpm: No such file or directory
[root@localhost ~]#
That's on the machine of the moment, a stopgap; there are
unrelated troubles this morning, following on the .dmrc/gdmsetup
mess. I'll write another post. <sigh>
> Is it TEXT of gobbly gook?
> If TEXT then you had a download failure.
> First try:
> # yum install pine
>
> If that work then use that version and go on.
It did actually work on a machine where I had found and
installed an rpm for livna; gotta remember that ...
> Otherwise if it was GobblyGook then try:
> # yum localinstall /home/btth/pine-4.64-5.lvn7.i386.rpm
> (If the above 'less' gave back TEXT then first download a new
> copy and the try the above.)
I don't *think* the downloads (which I almost always do
with Opera) are the problem ...
--
Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Double Retiree,
Not Quite Clueless Linux Power User, with precious
(very precious) little idea where up is.
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