On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Seth Vidal <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2 Nov 2009, Peter Östlin wrote: > >> Hi list >> >> On a x86_64 system (CentOS 5) I'm trying to use yum to find/install a >> package that (for unknown reasons) has arch set to amd64. The package >> in question is meant for CentOS/Redhat x86_64. Using localinstall I >> get the following: >> >> root@t64-mon-app:~# yum localinstall <package>.amd64.rpm >> Cannot add package <package>.amd64.rpm to transaction. Not a >> compatible architecture: amd64 >> Nothing to do >> >> Is there a way around this problem? Letting yum know that amd64 is ok >> as arch. Installing using rpm works fine but I want it in a yum repo >> to enable remote installs. >> > > Is your system x86_64 or is it amd64? My system is x86_64 and the package is supposed to be too but it is obviously a strange build. > amd64 is above x86_64 in the arch listing and therefore if your processor is > only x86_64 it won't be able to access/handle amd64 binaries. > > If you want to force it you can set an arch value in /etc/rpm/platform Thanks, I'll try that. _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.baseurl.org/mailman/listinfo/yum
